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 44 - Fly My Pretties, Fly!
This week in Infosec
Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:
25th February 1989: Knight Lightning published an Enhanced 911 technical doc (it had been stolen from a BellSouth computer) t…
Episode 43 - The Avengers Snitched and Assembled
This week in Infosec
Not liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:
12th February 2009:
2009: Microsoft announced a $250,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of those … |
Episode 42 - Advocates for the Masses
10 minutes before rolling, our show notes were empty. This is what you get when you are dealing with professionals.
This week in Infosec
Tweet of the Week
Billy Big Balls
Rant of the week
Industry News
Sti…
Episode 41 - Mixing It Up
Nobody will look at Javvad in the eye again without seeing that image. It could be worse, you could have seen it live like Andy and Thom had to.
This week in InfoSec
(Liberated from the “today in infos…
Episode 40 - Mathematics Isn't Our Strong Point
This week in Infosec
19th January 2012: US federal authorities shut down /Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads, and arrested its leaders. Hours later, the hacktivist collective An…
Episode 39 - A New Hope
This week in Infosec
Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:
19th January 1986: The first PC virus appeared. It was a boot sector virus called Brain, which spread via infected floppy dis…
Episode 38 - Oh No He's Back
The boys are back in town. Jav's return has also reduced the average age of this podcast by roughly twenty years. The good news though is that we not only have a full program, but also new jingles to…
Episode 37 - Merry New Year!
Welcome back to the New year and the new look Host Unknown, with a slightly less ethnically diverse lineup than usual, but, but still the same average quality and distinctly suspect ethics you have c…
Episode 36 - IT'S CHRIIIISTMAAAAS!
This might be the last episode of the week, but that doesn't mean we scraped the barrel (except maybe for The Little People, but Jav has had a written warning for that already). Andy misunderstands t…
Episode 35 - The Triple Unicorn
The penultimate episode of the year, so only one more to go until you have the full set for 2020.
This week in Infosec
(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):
- 3rd December 1980: The Aus…
Episode 34 - Black Friday Special
Trigger warning, this episode is over an hour long; do not time anything with the length of this episode.
This Week in InfoSec
21st November 2008: The Conficker worm was first discovered. It spread qu…
Episode 33 - Went Wrong Right From The Beginning
Join us for possibly the most incompetently performed and produced infosec podcast available today. At least we have some of your favourites to share and enjoy:
This week in InfoSec
(Liberated from th…
Episode 32 - Let's Just Eat Some Haribo!
Haribo feature heavily this week, with Andy and Jav fighting over how much and how they should be delivered.
This Week in InfoSec
(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):
5th November 1…
Episode 31 - Just Embarrassed Ourselves Really
The fourth member of the Host Unknown trio, Carole Theriault, joins the podcast to bring an air of respectability to proceedings. Needless to say it was an uphill struggle.
This weeks show brings yo…
Episode 30 - The Magic Number
Our presenters delve into their darkest secrets from the past, the internet is rebooted, the logs cleared, and cats play havoc with your home security (according to your training programme).
This wee…
Episode 29 - Probably
Perhaps a total IQ of 197 is a little ambitious, as this podcast clearly shows:
This Week in InfoSec
20th October 1995: Mudge published "How to Write Buffer Overflows", one of the first papers about bu…
Episode 28 - The World's Number One Podcast
All your regular Host Unknown goodness, proof we really are part of your five a day.
This Week in InfoSec
10th October 1990: The case of black hat hacker Kevin Poulsen aired on Unsolved Mysteries, 7 …
Episode 27 - Normal Service is Resumed
Your regular features and even more, such as vegan sweets, Host Unknown imposters, Jav appears in the press with the same quote for different stories, and HMRC incompetence.
Vegan sweets
Episode 25 - The Week of Weak Content
It has been a quiet week, but Host Unknown still provides the goods. Admittedly the goods have come from Lidl.
This Week in Infosec
25th September 2003: A report critical of Microsoft, "CyberInsecurity…
Episode 25 - The Duchess of Ladywell Special
Andy's microphone is miraculously fixed, Thom's story is broken and Jav joins The Lemon Party.
This Week in InfoSec
19th September 2011: Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo demonstrated a proof of concept at …