The Host Unknown Podcast
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 224
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 Cit…
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 signa…
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 h…
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 si…
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 …
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 acti…
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? (HI…
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 m…
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…
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 vulnerabil…
Episode 207 - The Raw! Live! Uncut! Episode
No notes this week - Andy had ONE job...
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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-imp…
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 rewardin…
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 th…
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 vec…