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Passkeys and Account Recovery: A Practical Adoption Guide
Learn how passkeys resist phishing, compare synced and device-bound credentials, and build a practical recovery plan before changing devices.
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Data breach protection, password security, two-factor authentication (2FA), and staying safe online.
SoftwareNetworks
Reconya: Network Discovery, Inventory and Native Setup
Use Reconya to understand your homelab inventory, with current native setup, discovery limits, privacy options and practical verification.
SecurityHomelab
The 16 Billion Login Records Report: A Wake-Up Call for Homelab Enthusiasts
Understand the June 2025 report’s limits, then review accounts, sessions, endpoints and homelab access without mistaking a credential dump for one company breach.
SecurityHardware
Demystifying Secure Boot: Your Motherboard's Unsung Hero for a Safer PC
Understand Secure Boot startup trust checks, firmware keys, certificate maintenance and recovery planning before changing settings.
SoftwareSecurity
Take Control of Your Notes: Self-Hosting Notesnook in Your Homelab
Explore Notesnook encryption, self-hosted service requirements, mobile client setup, public sharing and a recoverable backup plan.
SoftwareNetworks
pfSense: The Open-Source Guardian of Your Homelab Network
Explore pfSense CE and Plus, firewall and VPN capabilities, and the hardware, virtualization and recovery checks that matter for a homelab gateway.
SecuritySoftware
Bitwarden PDF Report: Disputed CVE, Updates and Vaultwarden
Understand the disputed Bitwarden PDF report, distinguish PDF scripting from XSS, and compare supported update, audit and recovery practices with Vaultwarden.
SecuritySoftware
Taming the Homelab Hydra: Secure Your Self-Hosted Services with Authentik
Understand Authentik SSO, MFA and proxy integration, choose the right application provider, and plan deployment, access tests and recovery for a self-hosted homelab.
SecurityHomelab
Massive Data Leak Exposes 184 Million Logins: A Homelabber's Wake-Up Call
What the May 2025 report of 184 million exposed login records establishes, how to recover accounts safely, and what self-hosting changes about custody, access and backups.
Security
May 2025 Steam SMS Reports: What Valve Confirmed and What to Check
What Valve confirmed about the May 2025 SMS sample, how that differs from an account breach, and practical Steam Guard, session and recovery checks.
SoftwareSecurity
Host Your Own Password Manager With Vaultwarden
Vaultwarden hosting, current Bitwarden cost context, a private first-account setup and practical client, HTTPS, backup and recovery checks.
SoftwareHomelab
Self-hosting Your Notes with Joplin
Self-host Joplin sync while preserving its note-taking strengths: current cost context, a private server example, E2EE setup and recoverable backups.
HomelabSecurity
Build Your Homelab: 26 – Adding SSL for ntfy
Follow the ntfy HTTPS screenshots, update browser and phone subscriptions, and optionally configure Web Push, iOS delivery and renewal checks.
HomelabSecurity
Build Your Homelab: 25 – Securing ntfy
Seeing as our ntfy is open to all guest users to send and receive, we need to lock it down behind a username and password. Let's get the default changed and some credentials set up.
SecurityNetworks
Understanding Evil Twin Wi-Fi: Protect Yourself From Unsafe Hotspots
Understand evil twin hotspots, the limits of PMF and HTTPS, and how to check a self-hosted VPN for full-tunnel routing, DNS and connection failures.
SoftwareNetworks
A Beginner’s Guide to Technitium DNS for Your Home Network
A beginner’s guide to Technitium DNS: local naming, filtering, recursive and encrypted forwarding, a private Docker setup, client testing and dependable backups.
SoftwareHomelab
Duplicati in a Home Network Setup: Everything You Need to Know
Use Duplicati for scheduled backups with sensible encryption, persistent Docker settings, application-consistent data and a restore process you can verify.
SecuritySoftware
Understanding SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Brute Force Attacks
Separate SQL injection, XSS and password attacks, with correct query binding, rendering defenses, MFA limits and controlled checks for applications and home services.
Security
Two-Factor Authentication: Methods, Setup and Account Recovery
Choose a supported 2FA method, understand TOTP and passkey limits, and test recovery before changing phones. Includes QR-secret protection and sign-in troubleshooting.
SecurityNetworks
The KRACK Attack On WPA2 - What It Is, How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself
Understand KRACK’s key-reinstallation flaw, why both clients and access points need updates, and why WPA3 does not replace careful implementation and maintenance.
Security
What Is a Data Breach? Your Step-by-Step Guide to Surviving and Preventing Leaks
Understand accidental and malicious data breaches, verify a notice and prioritise account recovery, with clear limits for hashes, MFA, breach searches, aliases and VPNs.
SecurityNetworks
Beware the Middleman: Protecting Yourself from Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Understand how MITM attacks interact with HTTPS, VPNs and DNS, recognise meaningful warning signs and use practical travel-network, pairing and account-recovery checks.
Security
Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips: Staying Safe in the Digital Age
Ten practical security habits covering unique passwords, verified messages, updates, HTTPS, phishing-resistant authentication and backups you can actually restore.
SecuritySoftware
Stay Safe Online: A Beginner's Guide to Antivirus Software
Understand antivirus detection and its limits, choose protections for each platform, respond to alerts and verify support, scan scope, cloud privacy and recoverable backups.
NetworksSoftware
Store in the Sky: A Guide to Cloud Storage
Choose cloud storage by its sync, encryption and recovery features. Understand online-only files, backup limits, archive costs and a practical test before uploading valuable data.
SecurityNetworks
Should You Use a VPN? A Deep Dive into Virtual Private Networks
Decide whether a VPN fits your privacy or remote-access needs, understand its limits and verify the routes, DNS and applications you actually use.