The Host Unknown Podcast
by Host Unknown, Javvad Malik, Andrew Agnes, Thom Langford
Host Unknown is the unholy alliance of the old, the new and the rockstars of the infosec industry in an internet-based show that tries to care about issues in our industry. It regularly fails.With presenters that have an inflated opinion of their own worth and a production team with a pathological dislike of them (or “meat puppets” as it often refers to them), it is with a combination of luck and utter lack of good judgement that a show is ever produced and released.Host Unknown is available for sponsorship, conferences, other web shows or indeed anything that pays a little bit of money to keep the debt collectors away. You can contact them at [email protected] for details
Episodes
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234: The Stockholm Syndrome Episode
The usual malarkey of catching up on the boys, this week in infosec, rant of the week, billy big balls, industry news, and tweet of the week. All the goodness in one package. It's the host unknown podcast! Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
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233: Doorbell surveillance, Audits, and Office Space
19th February 1999: The movie "Office Space" was released. With a budget of $10 million, it grossed a measly $13 million worldwide, but became a cult classic with its homage to Superman III's salami slicing and Jennifer Aniston's rant against 37 pieces of flair. Now where's my stapler? It's a...
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232: Back with the glass smash
This week in Infosec reminds us of the real reason we click on links Rant of the week is going to put a lot of Parisien street artists out of work Billy Big Balls proves that on the internet nobody knows you are a dog Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from…
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Episode 231: A teeny weeny bit late on this one
Same format. Banter, lame jokes, inside jokes, lame inside jokes. This week in infosec A weak rant. A billy big balls Industry news Some tweet of the week. And closing thoughts Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
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Episode 230: A number we all agree upon
5th November 1993: Bugtraq was created by Scott Chasin as a full disclosure vulnerability reporting mailing list at the dawn of the World Wide Web. Bugtraq had an enormous influence on how orgs responded to vuln disclosure and paved the way for a shift which led to bug bounty programs....
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Episode 229: The Rapture One
This week in InfoSec is a Mitnick/Android double act https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/september/27/#hacker-mitnick-indicted-on-charges https://thisdayintechhistory.com/09/23/the-first-android-introduced/ Rant of the Week is the future of the UK, the future I tell you… New digital ID will be...
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Episode 228: Legal and MFA delays
18th September 2014: Home Depot disclosed that its data breach was estimated to impact 56 million unique payment cards. Home Depot disclosed that its data breach was estimated to impact 56 million unique payment cards. https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1968870469408309285 18th September 2001…
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Episode 227: The Coup
The notes go here. I really can't go and look for them right now. This week in InfoSec is a sticky pickle Rant of the Week will have you guessing at who it could possibly be, again… Billy Big Balls is why british men need to take their passport to the bathroom these days Industry News is the…
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Episode 226: The Prime Episode
8th July 2008: Several DNS vendors released patches to mitigate an attack method discovered by Dan Kaminsky which could be used to cause DNS cache poisoning. Kaminsky had discovered the vulnerability 6 months prior and reported it to vendors privately so they could address it. RIP, Dan....
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Episode 225: The finding a job episode
27th June 2007: Live Free or Die Hard was released. Cop John McClane partners with hacker Matt Farrell to stop cyberterrorists trying to take down the US's infrastructure. Traceroute (1337!) is used to find the ringleader's location, then McClane kills him by shooting HIS OWN shoulder....
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Episode 224: Where we argue about Cyber Essentials
17th June 1995: Spyglass goes public World Wide Web software producer Spyglass Inc. went public, the year after it had begun distributing its Spyglass Mosaic software, an early browser for navigating the Web. With previous year's earnings at $7 million, Spyglass was founded by students at the...
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Episode 223: The never-ending train journey episode
11th June 1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released. https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1932838235102716317 13th June 1994: A Russian hacker group led by Vladimir Levin stole $10.7 million from Citibank via X.25, in what was the first international bank robbery over a network to be made…
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Episode 222: The Curious Case of the Oxford Comma Episode
26th May 1995: Realizing his company had missed the boat in estimating the impact and popularity of the Internet, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates issues a memo titled, “The Internet Tidal Wave,” which signaled the company’s focus on the global network. In the memo, Gates declared that the Internet was…
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Episode 221: The Was Jav On the BBC? Episode
Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line https://x.com/fesshole/status/1925815219655233765?s=46&t=1-Sjo1Vy8SG7OdizJ3wVbg And of course... can't NOT mention:...
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220 - The Frequent Flyer Frustrations Episode
As always we will bring you today in infosec, a rant, admire a billy big ball move, talk about industry news, and bring you a tweet or alternatively suitable social media post of the week. Hey, it's hard enough Thom being off that I have to edit and publish this, I need to find an AI to write the...
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219 - The Lightweight and Aerodynamic Episode
Episode 219 of the Host Unknown Podcast covers a wide range of humorous and insightful discussions relating to both technology and personal anecdotes. Key segments include a nostalgic look back at significant moments in InfoSec history, as well as a critique of a poorly-constructed analogy…
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Episode 213 - The So Many Technical Issues Episode
This week in InfoSec (10:26) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 1st April 1998: Hackers changed the MIT home page to read "Disney to Acquire MIT for $6.9 Billion". https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1907094503552336134 1st April 2004: The now...
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Episode 222 - The Disappearing Episodes Episode
This week in InfoSec (11:22) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 27th February 2002: Timothy Allen Lloyd was sentenced to 41 months in prison for activating a logic bomb at Omega Engineering, 20 days after being fired as a network administrator....
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Episode 211 - The Last of the Year Episode
This week in InfoSec (11:10) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 4th December 2013: Troy Hunt launched the free-to-search site "Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP)". At launch, passwords from the Adobe, Stratfor, Gawker, Yahoo! Voices, and Sony Pictures...
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Episode 210 - The Is Andy Paying Attention? Episode
This week in InfoSec With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 24th November 2014: The Washington Post published an article which included a photo of TSA master keys. A short time later functional keys were 3-d printed using the key patterns in the…
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Episode 209 - The Javvad Is In Big Trouble Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:24) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 12th November 2012: John McAfee went into hiding because his neighbour, Gregory Faull, was found dead from a gunshot. Belize police wanted him to come in for questioning, but he fled...
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Episode 208 - The Dedicated to Cesar Romero Episode
This week in InfoSec (13:28) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 5th November 1993: Bugtraq was created by Scott Chasin as a full disclosure vulnerability reporting mailing list at the dawn of the World Wide Web. Bugtraq had an enormous influence…
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Episode 207 - The Raw! Live! Uncut! Episode
No notes this week - Andy had ONE job... Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
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Episode 206 The Sole Founder Episode
How does Thom also do the episode notes? This week in infosec was about a EULA Rant of the week https://securityaffairs.com/170125/laws-and-regulations/sec-fined-4-companies-misleading-disclosures-impact-solarwinds-attack.html Billy Big Balls...
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Episode 205 The Stone Cold Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:29) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 10th October 1995: Netscape introduced the "Netscape Bugs Bounty", a program rewarding users who report "bugs" in the beta versions of its recently announced Netscape Navigator 2.0…
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Episode 204 - The Umms and Ahhs Episode
This week in InfoSec (10:01) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 27th September 2001: Jan de Wit was sentenced to 150 hours of community service in the Netherlands for creating and spreading the Anna Kournikova virus. It was one of the first of…
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Episode 203 - The Too Soon Episode
This week in InfoSec (10:44) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 18th September 2001: The Nimda worm was released. Utilising 5 different infection vectors, it became the most widespread virus/worm after only 22 minutes....
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Episode 202 - The Dog Eating Episode
This week in InfoSec (11:25) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 12th September 2014: Stephane Chazelas contacted Bash maintainer Chet Ramey about a vulnerability he dubbed "Bashdoor", which later becoming known as Shellshock. It was publicly...
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Episode 201 - The Difficult 201st Podcast
This week in InfoSec (13:08) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 3rd September 2014: Twitter launched its bug bounty program via the HackerOne platform, stating it would award at least $140 for vulnerabilities found in http://x.com/ or its Android...
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Episode 200 - The Bicentennial men Episode
This week in InfoSec (07:42) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 29th August 1990: The UK's Computer Misuse Act 1990 went into effect, introducing 3 criminal offences related to unauthorised access and modification of "computer material"....
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Episode 199 - The Holiday Is Over Episode
This week in InfoSec (06:43) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 18th August 2004: Text messages sent to promote the video game "Resident Evil: Outbreak" stated "Outbreak: I'm infecting you with t-virus". This scared recipients, who were only…
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Episode 198
This week in InfoSec (10:28) 10th July 1999 - Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) member DilDog debuted the program Back Orifice 2000 (BO2k) at DEF CON 7. It was the successor to Back Orifice, released by cDc a year prior. DilDog proclaimed it "a remote administration tool for corporate America"....
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Episode 197 - The Andy Is Distracted Episode
This week in InfoSec (07:40) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 3 July 1996 - a mere 28 years ago the movie Independence Day was released. In it, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith fly into an alien vessel in a 50-year-old space junker, then upload a...
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Episode 196 - The Nuclear Option Episode
This Week in InfoSec (12:30) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 24th June 1987: The movie Spaceballs was released. With a budget of $23 million, it grossed $38 million at the box office in North America. Though 37 years have passed, the secret…
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Episode 195 - The Smashing Unknown Episode
This week in InfoSec (11:16) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 5th of June 1991, a mere 33 years ago, : Philip Zimmermann sent the first release of PGP to 2 friends, Allan Hoeltje and Kelly Goen, to upload to the Internet. From the man himself,...
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Episode 194
This week in InfoSec (07:29) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 28th May: 2014: LulzSec hacker Hector Monsegur, known as Sabu, was sentenced and released the same day on time served for his role in a slew of high-profile cyberattacks. He had…
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Episode 193 - The "At Last!" Episode
This week in InfoSec (11:36) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 17th May 2015: CNN published their article on a statement Cybersecurity Consultant, Chris Roberts had publicly made on Twitter a month earlier. There were lots of accusations made...
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Episode 192 - The Unedited Episode
This week in InfoSec With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 27th April 2012: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK issued its first-ever data breach fine to an NHS (National Health Service) organisation, fining Aneurin Bevan Health...
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Episode 191 - This One's For The Boomers
This week in InfoSec (07:04) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 23rd April 2005: The first video uploaded to YouTube, “Me at the zoo,” is posted on April 23, 2005 at 8:27 PM by co-founder Jawed Karim. For now being a piece of history, the video…
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Episode 190 - The Very Serious Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:49) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 7th April 1969: Steve Crocker, a graduate student at UCLA and part of the team developing ARPANET, writes the first “Request for Comments“. The ARPANET, a research project of the...
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Episode 189 - The Something Something Band Something Something Together Episode
This week in InfoSec (06:10) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 3rd April 2011: Email marketing and loyalty program management company Epsilon reported a data breach of names and email addresses of numerous companies' customers, totaling at least...
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Episode 188 The Don't Mention The Name Episode
This week in InfoSec (07:32) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 20th March 2007: Dragos Ruiu announced the first Pwn2Own contest, which was held that April in Vancouver, Canada. The contest is still being held today - and in fact Pwn2Own…
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Episode 187 - Mess of Trois
This week in InfoSec (14:26) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 7th March 2017: WikiLeaks began its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Code-named Vault 7 by WikiLeaks, it was the largest ever publication of...
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Episode 186
This week in InfoSec (06:53) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 1st March 1988: The MS-DOS boot sector virus "Ping-Pong" was discovered at the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic University) in Italy. The virus would show a small ball…
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Episode 185 - The Inexplicable Episode
This week in InfoSec (06:25) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 16th February 2010: Version 2.0 of the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors was released. Take a look and decide which of these weaknesses have been eradicated over the…
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Episode 184 - The Bee in the Bonnet Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:40) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 14th February 2001: In a presentation at Black Hat Windows Security Conference 2001, Andrey Malyshev of ElcomSoft shared that Microsoft Excel uses a default encryption password of...
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Episode 183 - The Midnight Express Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:59) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 8th February 2000: A 15-year-old Canadian identified at the time only by his handle "MafiaBoy" launched a 4-hour DDoS attack against http://cnn.com. The attacks also targeted Yahoo,...
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Episode 182 - The Tallest & Shortest Episode
This week in InfoSec (08:19) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 31st Jan 2011 (13 years ago): Chris Russo reported a vulnerability to dating website PlentyOfFish's CEO Markus Frind's wife. Yada yada yada Markus Frind then accused Russo of…
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Episode 181 - The Early early Show
This week in InfoSec (04:51) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 25th January 2003: The SQL Slammer worm was first observed. It relied on a vulnerability Microsoft reported a whopping 6 months earlier via security bulletin MS02-039. Despite the...
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Episode 180 - Its a Full House Episode
This week in InfoSec (09:34) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield 11th January 2000: Newly declassified documents proved the existence of ECHELON, a global eavesdropping network run by the NSA....
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Host Unknown is the unholy alliance of the old, the new and the rockstars of the infosec industry in an internet-based show that tries to care about issues in our industry. It regularly fails.With presenters that have an inflated opinion of their own worth and a production team with a pathological dislike of them (or “meat puppets” as it often refers to them), it is with a combination of luck and utter lack of good judgement that a show is ever produced and released.Host Unknown is available for sponsorship, conferences, other web shows or indeed anything that pays a little bit of money to keep the debt collectors away. You can contact them at [email protected] for details
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Host Unknown, Javvad Malik, Andrew Agnes, Thom Langford
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