The Host Unknown Podcast

Host Unknown, Thom Langford, Andrew Agnes, Javvad Malik

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 contact@hostunknown.tv for details

  1. 18.11.2025

    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.https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1986164925039841770   24th October 2002: The worm-like Friendgreet propagated by emailing all Outlook contacts from each computer where it was installed. But THERE WAS A TWIST!The software presented a EULA stating it would do that! They gave fair warning, right!? (EULA = End User License Agreement) https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1981885412374114601   CyberSlop — meet the new threat actor, MIT and Safe Security Cybersecurity vendors peddling nonsense isn’t new, but lately we have a new dimension — Generative AI. This has allowed vendors — and educators — to peddle cyberslop for profit. Earlier this year, MIT released a working paper and made a webpage around 80% of ransomware attacks using Generative AI Law passed for scammers, mules to be caned after victims in Singapore lose almost $4b since 2020 SINGAPORE – Scammers will get at least six strokes of the cane, with the punishment going up to 24 strokes depending on the severity of the offence. Those to be caned will include syndicate members and recruiters, and those who help them, such as money mules who provide their bank accounts, SIM cards or Singpass credentials. These mules will face discretionary caning of up to 12 strokes. Tweet of the week: https://x.com/phl43/status/1985841184141689196  Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!

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  2. 18.07.2025

    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. https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1942695691270193211 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".  https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1943440335608385876 Outsourced Trust: How Coinbase's $400M Problem Started in an Indian Call Center The GPS Leak No One Talked About: Uffizio’s Silent Exposure Hundreds of Malicious Domains Registered Ahead of Prime Day M&S Chair Details Ransomware Attack, Declines to Confirm if Payment Was Made Chinese State-Sponsored Hacker Charged Over COVID-19 Research Theft Qantas Confirms 5.7 Million Customers Hit by Data Breach Tribunal Ruling Brings ICO’s £12.7m TikTok Fine Closer Four Arrested in Connection with April UK Retail Attacks TikTok's Handling of EU User Data in China Comes Under Scrutiny Again LLMs Fall Short in Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation MPs Warn of “Significant” Iranian Cyber-Threat to UK     https://x.com/krezae/status/1943463109173338558 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!

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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 contact@hostunknown.tv for details

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