The Host Unknown Podcast

Author: 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
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Episode 230: A number we all agree upon
Episode 230
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

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 SecurityCybersecurity 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 AILaw passed for scammers, mules to be caned after victims in Singapore lose almost $4b since 2020SINGAPORE – 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!