Security Unlocked

Security Unlocked presents The BlueHat Podcast From 2020 to 2022, Security Unlocked, hosted by Nic Fillingham and Natalia Godyla, explored the technology and people powering Microsoft's Security solutions. Today, the Security Unlocked feed brings you new episodes from The BlueHat Podcast where hosts Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone speak with security researchers, responders, hackers and industry leaders, both inside and outside of Microsoft, working to secure the planet's technology and create a safer world for all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Security Unlocked is a technology podcast hosted by Microsoft, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #66

  Hunting Variants: Finding the Bugs Behind the Bug

  Jul 9, 202540 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The BlueHat Podcast, host Nic Fillingham is joined by George Hughey from Microsoft who returns to discuss his Blue Hat India talk on variant hunting, explaining how MSRC uses submission data from hacking competitions like Pwn2Own and Tianfu Cup to uncover additional security vulnerabilities in Windows. George shares how incentives in competitions differ from bug bounty programs, how tools like CodeQL assist variant hunting, and why collaborating with the security research community is key to improving Windows security. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In This Episode You Will Learn:  </p><p> </p>How hacking competiti...

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  Episode #65

  Securing Redirections with Mike Macelletti

  Jun 25, 202541 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The BlueHat Podcast, host Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone are joined by Mike Macelletti from Microsoft’s MSRC Vulnerabilities and Mitigations team to explore Redirection Guard, a powerful mitigation designed to tackle a long-standing class of file path redirection vulnerabilities in Windows. Mike shares how his interest in security began, the journey behind developing Redirection Guard, and how it's helping reduce a once-common bug class across Microsoft products. He also explains how the feature works, why it's impactful, and what developers can do to adopt it. Plus, a few fun detours into Solitaire hacking, skiing, and protein po...

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  Episode #64

  Ignore Ram Shankar Siva Kumar’s Previous Directions

  Jun 11, 202539 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The BlueHat Podcast, host Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone share Ram Shankar Siva Kumar’s dynamic keynote from BlueHat India 2025, where he explores the evolving threat landscape of AI through the lens of the Microsoft AI Red Team. From adversarial machine learning to psychosocial harms and persuasive AI, Ram highlights real-world case studies, including prompt injection, content safety violations, and memory poisoning in AI agents. Ram underscores the urgent need for robust red teaming practices to secure AI systems against traditional security flaws and emerging threats across images, text, audio, and autonomous agents. </p><p> </p><br><p>In This...

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  Episode #63

  Protecting AI at the Edge with David Weston

  May 28, 202539 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The BlueHat Podcast, host Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone share David Weston’s keynote from BlueHat India 2025. David explores the growing role of on-device AI in Windows, the security risks it introduces, and how Microsoft is rethinking architecture to defend against new threats like model tampering, data exfiltration, and AI-powered malware. He also shares insights on innovations like Windows Recall, biometric protection, and the future of secure, agentic operating systems. </p><br><p> </p><p>In This Episode You Will Learn:  </p><p> </p>How AI integration in Windows (like Windows Recall and MS Paint) is evolving Emerg...

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  Episode #62

  Hacking at the Weeds with Felix Boulet

  May 14, 202533 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The BlueHat Podcast, host Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone are joined by Felix Boulet fresh off his participation in Zero Day Quest. Felix talks about his unique journey from industrial maintenance to becoming a full-time vulnerability researcher, and how that background fuels his passion for hacking and bug bounty work. He explains his method for finding bugs in Microsoft products—particularly in identity systems—and why identity is such a valuable target for attackers. Felix also shares highlights from the Zero Day Quest event, where he focused on building connections, learning from Microsoft engineers, and experiencing...

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