The Host Unknown Podcast

Episode 224: Where we argue about Cyber Essentials

Episode Summary

Jav has a new clackity clickety thing, Thom is his mothers 2nd favourite son (despite being an only child), and Andy tries to educate everyone on what cyber essentials is actually all about.

Episode Notes

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 the Web. With previous year's earnings at $7 million, Spyglass was founded by students at the Illinois Supercomputing Center, which also inspired Netscape Communications Corp.

https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/june/27/#spyglass-goes-public  

26th June 1989: Robert Tappan Morris (who released the Morris worm in 1988) became the first person to be indicted under the US's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), enacted by Congress 3 years earlier. He was later sentenced to three years of probation and fined $10,050

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1938292354965770278

Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore 

Meta’s AI training on copyrighted content is ‘fair use’, US judge says

https://x.com/filip_dragovic/status/1937932750415086010