Home Server, NAS & Media Software Watch

Why this is recommended

A ransomware campaign hitting unpatched NAS units, a Plex lifetime price that doubles in two weeks, a Synology rule that blocks third-party drives, or a 20 TB drive at an all-time low are each a $200 to $2,000 decision, and the advisory is posted on a vendor page most owners never visit.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The millions of households running a Plex server, a NAS, a Home Assistant box or a photo backup, and the people who look after their parents' one.

When it runs

Vendors publish releases and advisories early in the week and drives go on sale mid-week

Scope

Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Kodi, Home Assistant, Immich, Nextcloud, Photoprism and Audiobookshelf; Synology, QNAP, UGREEN, Asustor, TerraMaster, Unraid, TrueNAS and Proxmox; firmware, drive compatibility, license and security advisories; ransomware and botnet campaigns; Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba and SSD prices and Backblaze reliability data; Docker, Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel, WireGuard and remote access changes; ISP port blocking and CGNAT; Backblaze, Duplicati, restic, Arq and cloud sync changes

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Home Assistant and Immich release and pricing changes, Synology, QNAP, UGREEN, Asustor and TrueNAS firmware, drive compatibility and security advisories, NAS ransomware campaigns with the patch, hard drive and SSD price drops and reliability data, Docker, Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel and remote access changes, Unraid, Proxmox and TrueNAS license changes, Plex Pass and lifetime price changes, ISP port blocking and CGNAT changes and backup and cloud sync tool changes, with the product first and whether action is required.

Track home servers and self-hosted media for US households. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: release, feature and pricing changes at Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Kodi, Home Assistant, Immich, Nextcloud, Photoprism and Audiobookshelf; firmware releases, drive compatibility rules, license changes and security advisories rated CVSS 7 or higher at Synology, QNAP, UGREEN, Asustor, TerraMaster, Unraid, TrueNAS and Proxmox with the patched versions; active ransomware and botnet campaigns against NAS devices with the fix; hard drive and SSD price drops of 20 percent or more and Backblaze reliability data releases; Docker, Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel, WireGuard and remote access changes; Plex Pass and lifetime price changes; ISP port blocking, CGNAT and upload policy changes at the major providers; and backup and cloud sync tool changes at Backblaze, Duplicati, restic and Arq. Prefer vendor release notes and security advisories, CISA, price-history tools, Backblaze and established tech reporting; ignore forum speculation and affiliate roundups. Put the product first in the title and state whether action is required. Use high severity for an actively exploited flaw, a ransomware campaign, or a price or license change with a lock-in window closing within 30 days. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, affected versions, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.