Daniel Miessler

Unsupervised Learning

Unsupervised Learning is about ideas and trends in Cybersecurity, National Security, AI, Technology, and Culture—and how best to upgrade ourselves to be ready for what's coming.

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Daniel Miessler

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Technology

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danielmiessler.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

UL NO. 487: STANDARD EDITION: Iranian Critical Infra Attacks, Insane Recent Productivity, A Chinese Mosquito Drone, Marcus's Response to Our AI Debate, "Context Engineering" Ain't It, and more... 02.07.2025

UL NO. 487: STANDARD EDITION: Iranian Critical Infra Attacks, Insane Recent Productivity, A Chinese Mosquito Drone, Marcus's Response to Our AI Debate, "Context Engineering" Ain't It, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to  unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newslet...

An AI Debate with Marcus Hutchins 26.06.2025

Marcus and I debate AIs capabilities from nearly polar opposite ends. He thinks it's basically autocomplete, and I think it's the most important tech we've ever built as humans. It was a fantastic, and very civil conversation, so thanks to Marcus for that, and we're already planning on Part 2. This two-hour discussion covers: 🧠 The real risks of AI vs. the imagined ones 🔐 How security researcher...

UL NO. 486 STANDARD EDITION: Fully Automated AI Malware (Binary and Web), My Debate with Marcus Hutchins on AI and more 26.06.2025

UL NO. 486: STANDARD EDITION: Fully Automated AI Malware (Binary and Web), My Debate with Marcus Hutchins on AI, The 'Did You Notice?' Psyop, The METR AI Metric for Longterm Tasks, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to  unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newsletter...

UL NO. 485: STANDARD EDITION: Netflix RCE, My Current AI Stack, All-in on Claude Code, and more... 19.06.2025

STANDARD EDITION: Netflix RCE, My Current AI Stack, All-in on Claude Code, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to  unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/upgrade Read this episode online:  https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/ul-485...

UL NO. 484: STANDARD EDITION: OpenAI's Malicious AI Report, Disappointed with WWDC, AI's First Actual Science Breakthrough, and more... 12.06.2025

UL NO. 484: STANDARD EDITION: OpenAI's Malicious AI Report, Disappointed with WWDC, AI's First Actual Science Breakthrough, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/upgrade Read this episode online:  htt...

UL NO. 483 | STANDARD EDITION: A Chrome 0-Day, Meta Automates Security Assessments, New Essays, My New Video on Hacking with AI, Ukraine's Asymmetrical Attack, Thoughts on My AI Skeptical Friends, The Dangers of Winning the Wrong Game, and more... 05.06.2025

A Chrome 0-Day, Meta Automates Security Assessments, New Essays, My New Video on Hacking with AI, Ukraine's Asymmetrical Attack, Thoughts on My AI Skeptical Friends, The Dangers of Winning the Wrong Game, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to  unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :&...

The Future of Hacking is Context 03.06.2025

Sponsored by Vanta. Vanta takes the busywork out of GRC so you can focus on what actually matters—improving your security, not chasing compliance. https://ul.live/vanta This isn’t just another AI podcast. It’s about the deeper shift that’s happening in cybersecurity—away from individual tools and dashboards, and toward real-time, comprehensive world models of what we&...

UL NO. 482 | STANDARD EDITION: AI Finds an 0-Day!, Postman Leaking Secrets, High Agency Mental Model, My Unified Entity Context Video, Github MCP Leaks Private Repos, Google vs. OpenAI vs. Apple on AI Vision, and more... 30.05.2025

AI Finds an 0-Day!, Postman Leaking Secrets, High Agency Mental Model, My Unified Entity Context Video, Github MCP Leaks Private Repos, Google vs. OpenAI vs. Apple on AI Vision, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newsletter.danielmi...

Unified Entity Context 15.05.2025

🔹 Thanks to ProjectDiscovery for sponsoring today’s video. I've been using their tools like Nuclei and Subfinder for years, and now they’ve brought that power to the cloud with a full vulnerability management platform. ➡ Try it yourself at https://ul.live/PD1 For over a decade, I've been exploring how AI and context intersect—and I believe Unified Entity Context (UEC) is the key...

Reviewing RSA 2025 with Jason Haddix 08.05.2025

What really happened at RSA 2024? Daniel Miessler and Jason Haddix break it down. Fresh off a whirlwind RSA week, Daniel sits down with Jason Haddix (Arcanum Information Security) to talk about what mattered—beyond the show floor noise. From off-site innovation summits to real-world AI implementation, this deep dive covers: -Where the real innovation happened (hint: not on the show floor) -K...

A Conversation with Bar-El Tayouri from Mend.io 06.05.2025

➡ Get full visibility, risk insights, red teaming, and governance for your AI models, AI agents, RAGs, and more—so you can securely deploy AI powered applications with  ul.live/mend In this episode, I speak with Bar-El Tayouri, Head of AI Security at Mend.io , about the rapidly evolving landscape of application and AI security—especially as multi-agent systems and fuzzy interfaces...

The 4 AAAAs of the AI ECOSYSTEM: Assistants, APIs, Agents, and Augmented Reality 22.04.2025

In this episode, I break down what I believe is the emerging structure of the AI-powered world we're all building—consciously or not. I call it the “Four A’s”: Assistants, APIs, Agents, and Augmented Reality. This framework helps make sense of recent developments and where it’s all headed. I talk about: 1. Digital Assistants That Understand and Optimize Your Life Your...

Using the Smartest AI to Rate Other AI 19.04.2025

In this episode, I walk through a Fabric Pattern that assesses how well a given model does on a task relative to humans. This system uses your smartest AI model to evaluate the performance of other AIs—by scoring them across a range of tasks and comparing them to human intelligence levels. I talk about: 1. Using One AI to Evaluate Another The core idea is simple: use your most capable m...

A Conversation with Patrick Duffy from Material Security 15.04.2025

➡ Secure what your business is made of with Martial Security:  https://material.security/ In this episode, I speak with Patrick Duffy from Material Security about modern approaches to email and cloud workspace security—especially how to prevent and contain attacks across platforms like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. We talk about: • Proactive Security for Email and Cloud Platf...

AICAD: Artificial Intelligence Capabilities For Attack & Defense 12.04.2025

AI is changing cybersecurity at a fundamental level—but how do we decide what to build, and when? In this episode, I outline a structured way to think about AI for security: from foundational ideas to a future-proof system that can scale with emerging threats. • Rethinking Human Workflows as Intelligence Pipelines By mapping tasks into visual workflows, we can pinpoint exactly where hum...

A Possible Path to ASI 08.04.2025

The conversation around AGI and ASI is louder than ever—but the definitions are often abstract, technical, and disconnected from what actually matters. In this episode, I break down a human-centered way of thinking about these terms, why they’re important, and a system that could help us get there. I talk about:  • A Better Definition of AGI and ASI Instead of technical abstr...

A Conversation With Matt Muller From Tines 01.04.2025

➡ Build, run, and monitor workflows with Tines at: tines.com In this episode, I speak with Matt Muller, Field CSCO at Tines, about how automation and AI are transforming security operations at scale. We talk about: • Tines' Mission to Eliminate Manual Security Work Through Automation How Tines helps security teams streamline incident response and workflow automation without needing to write c...

UL NO. 474 | Signal OPSEC, White-box Red-teaming LLMs, Unified Company Context (UCC), New Book Recommendations, Single Apple Note Technique, and much more... 31.03.2025

STANDARD EDITION: Signal OPSEC, White-box Red-teaming LLMs, Unified Company Context (UCC), New Book Recommendations, Single Apple Note Technique, and much more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member to unlock the full version and many other exclusive benefits here :  https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/upgrade Subscrib...

A Conversation With Slava Konstantinov From ThreatLocker 18.03.2025

➡ Allow what you need, block everything else with ThreatLocker: threatlocker.com In this episode, I speak with Slava Konstantinov, ThreatLocker's MacOS Lead Architect, about their zero-trust approach to endpoint security and their latest cybersecurity innovations. We talk about: • ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust Approach to Cybersecurity: How ThreatLocker enforces a default deny security mode...

UL NO. 472 | STANDARD EDITION: 28 Open Cyber Jobs, Real-world AI Propaganda Poisoning, MCP Explained, Cline vs. Windsurf, and more... 15.03.2025

STANDARD EDITION: 28 Open Cyber Jobs, Real-world AI Propaganda Poisoning, MCP Explained, Cline vs. Windsurf, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member for the full version and many other exclusive benefits here: https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/upgrade Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subs...

Raycast is a Must in 2025 - Action at the Speed of Thought 15.03.2025

In this episode, Daniel Miessler explores how to supercharge your macOS workflow with Raycast, transforming everyday tasks into lightning-fast, AI-powered actions. He talks about: Raycast as a Universal Launcher: Daniel explains how Raycast replaces traditional launchers like Spotlight and Alfred, offering an all-in-one shortcut to apps, files, and bookmarks for unparalleled efficiency. Quick Link...

UL NO. 471 | STANDARD EDITION: Cyber Standing Down, China's Innovation Burst, PC vs. NPC, Why AI Can't Understand, and more... 09.03.2025

STANDARD EDITION: Cyber Standing Down, China's Innovation Burst, PC vs. NPC, Why AI Can't Understand, and more... You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member for the full version and many other exclusive benefits here: https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/upgrade Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe J...

UL NO. 470 | Attacking Signal, Blogging Getting MORE Important, AI's Final Form, Claude 3.7 vs. World, Censorship as a Service, and more... 04.03.2025

STANDARD EDITION: Attacking Signal, Blogging Getting MORE Important, AI's Final Form, Claude 3.7 vs. World, Censorship as a Service, and more... ➡  Protect Against Bots, Fraud, and Abuse. Check out WorkOS Radar at: workos.com/radar You are currently listening to the Standard version of the podcast, consider upgrading and becoming a member for the full version and many other exclusive ben...

UL NO. 468 | TELOS Patterns, Apple 0-Day, Gumroad Replaces Developers with AI 19.02.2025

Also: A new threat modeling framework for AI, an API security report, and being paralyzed by crisis Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X: https://x.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudi...

UL NO. 467 | Why You Should Care About AGI (And a Definition) 07.02.2025

Plus: DeepSeek's open database, Using o3 with Fabric, Chinese backdoors in health monitors, and much more... Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X: https://x.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See...

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