Know When You've Been Touched: SSH Alerts + Intrusion Detection
Turn your VPS into a server that speaks up. Learn how to receive instant SSH login alerts and detect unauthorized system changes using PAM, cron, and Ntfy.
Getting Started
The foundation track. Every post here is part of the path I followed and still recommend: start with concepts, build deliberately, then stack on top of something solid.
Turn your VPS into a server that speaks up. Learn how to receive instant SSH login alerts and detect unauthorized system changes using PAM, cron, and Ntfy.
Learn how to automate Ubuntu VPS security updates with logging, cleanup, reboot detection, and Ntfy notifications to keep your public server protected every day.
I learn best by doing. I can research a topic, take notes, and watch every video out there; but it doesn't really come together until I have an environment to work in. That's what a homelab is. And it's one of the most powerful things you can build before your IT career ever starts.
"Why the sequence matters: ITF+, A+, and Network+ before Security+. Drawn from experience training students and working as an Cybersecurity Practitioner."