The Host Unknown Podcast

Episode 128 - The Higher Average IQ Episode

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (08:27)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield4th November 2005: Microsoft Anti...

Episode 127 - HU Lite the alcohol free edition

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec3rd November 2000: A Dutch hacker gained access to Microsoft's network by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft issued a patch for ...

Episode 126 - Don't Worry Its Organic

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield29th October 1969: The first message sent...

Episode 125 - Yesterdays Lettuce Tomorrows Leader

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield18th October 1985: Nintendo releases the ...

Episode 124 - Andy... Andy...? ANDY...!

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecOctober 12 1988  (a mere 34 years ago) Hailed by Steve Jobs as a computer “five years ahead of its time”, NeXT, Inc. introdu...

Episode 123 - Incident Adjacent

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From @HostUnknownTVThis week in Infosec2nd October 1998: BUTTSniffer Beta 0.9 was released by Cult of the Dead Cow. Developed by DilDog.The big questi...

Episode 122 - Dedicated to our friend Javvad

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (06:37)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield27th September, 1998: For some pe...

Episode 121 - The Live One

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield9th September 1947: An error in the Mark ...

Episode 120 - The End of an Era

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield6th September 2011: Luis Mijangos receive...

Episode 119 - Andy Who?

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (09:07)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield30th August 1999: The previously ...

Episode 118 - We should have taken a summer holiday

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec: (The one and only):23rd August 2006: SpoofCard confirmed that Paris Hilton was among the terminated customers, and that Lindsay ...

Episode 117 - Now With Trigger Warnings

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield18th August 2003: The Nachi worm began in...

Episode 116 - Thom Can't Work The Buttons

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield10th August 1988: 34 years ago today, Dad...

Episode 115 - We're All Going On a Summer Holiday

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (9:23)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield29th July 1985: An article in the ...

Episode 114 - BACK OFF THE MIC JAV!

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield25th July 2007: The US Ninth Circuit Co...

Episode 113 - Did you hear That?

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (10:25)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield17th July 1997: Major Disruption ...

Episode 112 - We Love Our Intern

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:09)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield12th July 2008: NextGenHacker101 ...

Episode 111 - Jav Is In The Top Four

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:04)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield8th July 2011: Space Rogue broadc...

Episode 110 - Andy is Hot Hot Hot

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield28th June 2000: The Pikachu virus began s...

Episode 109 - The Helium Breather

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (12:04)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield24th June 1998: The NSA published...

Episode 108 - Jav And His Magnificent Pudenda

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:56)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield17th June 1997: Hackers deciphere...

Episode 107 - Rewarding The Bad Bad Man

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfoSec (06:06)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield3rd June 1983: The science fictio...

Episode 106 - God Its Early

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (07:52)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield31st May 1999, Sega released the ...

Episode 105 - Curse You Zencastr

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 - Vote Here!We’re the 5th category down: “The Underdogs - Best Non-Vendor Cybersecurity Podcast” ...

Episode 104 - The Late Late Show

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (07:03)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield15th May 2003: In the Friends epi...

Episode 103 - One Third Extra Fat

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (07:30)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield9th May 2006: Jeanson James Anche...

Episode 102A - A New Era

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in infosecI was a teenage botmaster Rant of the week (Thom, how do I add images to this section?) I want to use the images and description...

Episode 102 - End of an Era

07 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in Infosec (09:52)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield[None] Rant of the Week (10:59)h...

Episode 101 - My Brain Hurts

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (09:26)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter  account and further afield26th April 2013: LivingSocial i...

Episode 100 - Can We Go Home Now

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week In InfoSec (10:15)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield1st April 1998: Hackers changed t...

Episode 99 - Do You Think They Will Notice?

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (09:55)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield31st March 1999: The hugely succe...

Episode 98 - The Statin-Free Show

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Linkshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/canoe Authentication oufit Okta investigating Lapsus$ breach report Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-...

Episode 97 - He Is Back And He Really is Bad

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:06)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield15th March 1985: The first Intern...

Episode 96 - We Don't Know What She Has But They Are Colossal

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:22)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield6th March 1992:  The Michelangel...

Episode 95 - Dammit He Came Back

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:37)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield7th March 1997: During a hearing ...

Episode 94 - Lost Sole Founder Reward If Found

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (11:37)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield23rd February 2005: The discovery...

Episode 93 - Its That Man Again

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 This Week in InfoSec (07:54)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield15th February 1999Computer owne...

Episode 92 - Just The Two Of Us

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (04:44)February 5th 2009 Come on Kaspersky, if you think you’re hard enough..February 5th 2009 The Sophos snowball fightFebruar...

Episode 91 - Shorter Than The Average Podcast

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (05:24)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield30th January 1982: The first comp...

Episode Joe 90 - Filmed in SuperMarionation

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (07:20)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield26th January 2011: Facebook Enabl...

Episode 89 - Normal Audio is Resumed

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (06:23)With content liberated from the “Today in InfoSec” twitter account and further afield19th January 1999: The Happy99 wo...

Episode 88 - Only 345 Days Until Christmas

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec (06:30)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account12th January 1981: Time Magazine published "Superzap...

Episode 87 - Merry New Year

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (6:20)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account1st January 1997: The Cult of the Dead Cow admitted i...

Episode 86 - The Oh So Christmas Special

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account16th December 1988: 25-year-old computer hacker Kevin Mitnic...

Episode 85 - The Not So Christmas Special

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy’s mattressThis Week in InfoSec (11:46)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account 7th December 1999: The Recording ...

Episode 84 - The New Tiger King

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (06:57)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account4th December 2013: Troy Hunt launched the site "Have...

Episode 83 - The Super Spreader Amateur Hour

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (11:00)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account23rd November 2011: It was reported that Apple took ...

Episode 82 - The Irishman

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

IRISSCON - https://www.iriss.ie/ This week in Infosec (12:19)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account15th November 1994...

Episode 81 - Thom AI ver 2

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (09:55)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account10th November 1983: At a security seminar, Len Adlem...

Episode 80 - The Thom Langford A.I.

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in infosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter accountHonourable mention for the Morris Worm3rd November 2000: A D...

Episode 79 - Is it a bird a plane or JavMan?

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:13)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account29th October 1969: The first message sent over the A...

Episode 78 - A Record Breaking Breaking Episode

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (13:03)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account20th October 1996: Twenty-five years ago today. Happ...

Episode 77 - An Analogy Wrapped in an Inception Surrounded by Idiots

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account13th October 1999: An episode of the "True Life" documentary...

Episode 76 - Our Best Episode Ever

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:01)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account8th September 2009: FBI director Robert Mueller disc...

Episode 75 - The Old Men of InfoSec

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jav's Record Breakers 14th October https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/biggest-virtual-cybersecurity-lesson-tickets-166314899341 https://www.prnewswire.com/...

Episode 74 - Was it me or was it a long week?

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (04:56)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account18th September 2015: Google notified Symantec that t...

Judas Priest! It's The Triple Crown!

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (04:09)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account16th September 2008: 20-year-old David Kernell compr...

Episode 72 - Better Late Than Never

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (11:14)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account5th September 1983: The term "hacker" was used by Ne...

Episode 71 - Thank You For the Music

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account1st September 1997: Nmap was first released as a simple port...

Episode 70 - Two is the Magic number

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec (13:24)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account25th August 1991: Linux completes 30 years.It was on...

Episode 69 - Think of a Number Bill and Ted

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account14th August 2013: Affinity Health Plan was fined $1,215,780 ...

Episode 68 - One More Show Until Dinner

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in Infosec (14:29)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account10th August 2001: A Japanese woman, Kumiyo Kishi, wa...

Episode 67 - A Total Car Crash

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (07:40) With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account30th July 2013: Chelsea Manning (their name was Br...

Episode 66 - Our Time to Shine

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec (06:42)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account27th July 1979: The first edition of Computer Securi...

Episode 65 - Its Too hot

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec (08:10)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account16th July 2001: Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov w...

Episode 64 - He's Baaaaaack!

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec (10.28)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account14th July 1998: Ethereal was first released publicly...

Episode 63 - The JavAndy Show

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks show is 33% off but the content is still as average as ever!This week in Infosec - 3 mins 11 secsBilly Big Balls - 12 mins 49 secsRant of t...

Episode 62 - Bikini Bottom

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec (08:03)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account30th June 1998: AOL confirmed a leaked spreadsheet c...

Episode 61 - Hey Everybody Andy is Famous!

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account19th June 1987: The first Summercon hacker conference was he...

Episode 60 - Guaranteed Jav Free May Contain Nuts

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Artist - Carole Theriault This week in InfosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account (and embellished by us 😉)11th...

Episode 59 - We Voted For The Lazarus Heist

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account.5th June 1991: Philip Zimmermann sent the first release of PGP to 2 frie...

Episode 58 - Ha Ha Ha

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account1st June 1864: The first record of electronic spam was broadly revealed. ...

Episode 57 - The Deleted Show Notes Episode

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSec20th May 1993: Neil Woods (24) and Karl Strickland (22) became the first people imprisoned under the UK's 1990 Computer Misuse Act...

Episode 56 - The Post Birthday Blues

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecLiberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account:15th May 1998: The first issue of Bruce Schneier's (@schneierblog) month...

Episode 55 - Hitting the Limit

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecLiberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account6th May 1995: Chris Lamprecht (aka "Minor Threat") became the first perso...

Episode 54 - A Life Half Lived

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in InfoSecLiberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account4th May 1990: Robert Tappan Morris was sentenced to 3 years probation, fi...

Episode 53 - The Non Fungible Podcast

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

https://cumrocketcrypto.com/This week in Infosec takes us back to a time Microsoft devalued a company, before buying it and another case of something ...

Episode 52 - The Boys Are Back In Town

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thom’s l33t crypto coin investments This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:18th April 1995: proff (Julian As...

Episode 51 - Punking the Punkbuster

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We think we sound much better this week, all thanks to Krisp! Tighten up your audio, remove background noise, and annoying work colleagues, all with K...

Episode 50 - The Midlife Crisis Episode

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):4th April 1977: Ron Rivest first introduced Alice and Bob in the paper...

Episode 49 - Have Your Bunnies at the Ready

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

April 1st!https://www.facebook.com/burgerking/posts/4438200159526619https://twitter.com/VW/status/1376868756782219266https://www.animationmagazine.net...

Episode 48 - The Biggest Loser

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biggest Loser, Week 0Andy is running a book if you are interested in a little flutter on who will be the healthiest in the next six months.Jav iss...

Episode 47a - Nextdoor Cheeky Bantz

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jav, Andy and Thom chat about the delights of the Nextdoor app. For our international listeners, just head to https://nextdoor.co.uk/ to find out abou...

Episode 47 - What's Happening With ISSA UK?

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our regular know our regular features, so here is our regular update for our regular features for our regular listeners.This week in InfosecTweet of t...

Episode 46 - The Insult free Episode

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

 This week in Infosec(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):6th March 1992: For the second year in a row the Michelangelo virus ...

Episode 45 - The Antibody Episode

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:2nd March 2002: Zone-H was launched in Estonia and began saving and publ...

Episode 44 - Fly My Pretties, Fly!

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:25th February 1989: Knight Lightning published an Enhanced 911 technical...

Episode 43 - The Avengers Snitched and Assembled

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecNot liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:12th February 2009: 2009: Microsoft announced a $250,000 reward for...

Episode 42 - Advocates for the Masses

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

10 minutes before rolling, our show notes were empty. This is what you get when you are dealing with professionals.This week in InfosecTweet of the We...

Episode 41 - Mixing It Up

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 w...

Episode 40 - Mathematics Isn't Our Strong Point

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Infosec19th January 2012: US federal authorities shut down /Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads, and arrested its l...

Episode 39 - A New Hope

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:19th January 1986: The first PC virus appeared. It was a boot sector vir...

Episode 38 - Oh No He's Back

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 37 - Merry New Year!

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 36 - IT'S CHRIIIISTMAAAAS!

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 35 - The Triple Unicorn

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

Episode 34 - Black Friday Special

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Trigger warning, this episode is over an hour long; do not time anything with the length of this episode. This Week in InfoSec21st November 2008: The...

Episode 33 - Went Wrong Right From The Beginning

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for possibly the most incompetently performed and produced infosec podcast available today. At least we have some of your favourites to share ...

Episode 32 - Let's Just Eat Some Haribo!

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

 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 ...

Episode 31 - Just Embarrassed Ourselves Really

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

 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...