The Host Unknown Podcast

Episode 43 - The Avengers Snitched and Assembled

Episode Summary

The Host Unknown trio are not known for much, and certainly not for being social justice warriors. This episode might therefore surprise you as they discuss serious privacy concerns, free services and morons in Texas. Then again, it probably won't.

Episode Notes

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 responsible for the Conficker worm. As of 2018, Microsoft's offer was still open.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120418094401/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2009/feb09/02-12confickerpr.aspx

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6058565/Microsoft-offering-hackers-250-000-bounty-remove-Conficker-malware.html

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1227775375565918208

Billy Big Balls

After the failure of the Facebook Phone, get ready for a Facebook Watch

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/after-the-failure-of-the-facebook-phone-get-ready-for-a-facebook-watch/

Rant of the Week

Password manager LastPass is making its free accounts effectively useless by limiting account holders to one type of device, leaving millions of users stranded.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/02/17/lastpass-breaks-free-accounts-where-to-store-your-passwords-now/?ss=cybersecurity