Intro to Hacked & Secured: Pentest Exploits & Mitigations – What to Expect!

If you know how attacks work, you’ll know exactly where to look—whether you’re breaking in as an ethical hacker or defending as a blue teamer.

Welcome to Hacked & Secured: Pentest Exploits & Mitigations—the podcast that breaks down real-world pentest findings and exposes critical security flaws before attackers do.

• Red team tactics – How vulnerabilities are found and exploited.
•  Blue team defenses – How to detect, mitigate, and prevent attacks.
•  Real pentest insights – Lessons from bug bounty reports, security blogs, and private pentests.

New episodes every two weeks. Follow to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Let’s make security knowledge accessible to all!

Want your pentest discovery featured? Submit your creative findings through the Google Form in the episode description, and we might showcase your finding in an upcoming episode!

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Transcript

If you know how attacks work, you’ll know exactly where to look whether you’re breaking into a system as an ethical hacker or defending one as a blue teamer.

I’m Amin Malekpour, and welcome to Hacked & Secured: Pentest Exploits & Mitigations—the podcast that unpacks actual pentest discoveries and exposes the critical vulnerabilities organizations must fix.

With a PhD in cybersecurity and over a decade in the field, I’ve worked across penetration testing, security consulting, and architecture. Throughout my career, I’ve seen some of the most severe vulnerabilities never make it past private reports. That’s why I started this podcast—to shine a light on these hidden flaws, analyze how they happen, and share the lessons that make us better at what we do daily.

In every episode, we take real security findings, whether they're bug bounty discoveries, security blog posts, or vulnerabilities buried in private pentest reports contributed to us, and break them down step by step.

How were they found? How were they exploited? And how could they have been prevented?

Here’s what you can expect:

✔ Deep dives into actual exploits without the usual jargon.
✔ Attack vs. Defense breakdowns ensuring both offensive and defensive teams gain practical insights for their daily work.

No filler. No overcomplication. Just real attacks and real mitigations.

And this isn’t just about learning—it’s also about contributing to the community. Some of the best findings come from security professionals like you who are uncovering real vulnerabilities in the field every day. If you’ve discovered something interesting—a misconfiguration, a creative exploit or pentest finding—send it in. You don’t need to format it as a story; just share as many details as possible while respecting client privacy, and our team will turn it into an episode that educates and inspires others. This is your chance to showcase your work, help others learn, and be part of something bigger. You’ll find the Google Form link in the description.

Thanks for listening. Stay curious, stay ethical, and together, let’s make cybersecurity knowledge accessible to all.