Cloning an Ubuntu Server Drive and Safely Updating Your Stack

Running a homelab Ubuntu server long enough and you’ll hit two milestones eventually: the drive fills up and you need to migrate to a larger one, and your stack needs a proper maintenance pass to stay current. Both operations are straightforward once you understand the order of operations — but get either one wrong and you’re looking at an unbootable system or a fleet of containers that won’t start. ...

May 11, 2026 · 7 min · Logan

TryHackMe — Basic Pentesting

Overview Platform: TryHackMe Room: Basic Pentesting Difficulty: Easy Category: Web Exploitation / Privilege Escalation OS: Linux TryHackMe’s Basic Pentesting room is designed to walk beginners through a complete attack chain from initial reconnaissance to root. It’s not a trick box — the vulnerabilities are intentional and well-documented. The value isn’t in the difficulty, it’s in practicing the discipline of methodical enumeration before touching an exploit. ...

April 2, 2026 · 5 min · Jason, Cyber Professional