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Charleston Hosting 2 months ago
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  • bruteforceart21
    Brute Force Artist (@bruteforceart21) reported

    Claude = coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase = backend. (Free) - Vercel = deploying. (Free) - Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) - GitHub = version control. (Free) - Resend = emails. (Free) - Clerk = auth. (Free) - Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) - PostHog = analytics. (Free) - Sentry = error tracking. (Free) - Upstash = Redis. (Free) - Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build.

  • mertmetindev
    Mert Metin Tekdemir (@mertmetindev) reported

    ๐Ÿ“‚ SaaS Stack โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Frontend โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ React โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ NextJS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Vue โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ TailwindCSS โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Shadcn UI โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Backend โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ NodeJS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Django โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Laravel โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ FastAPI โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Express โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Database โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ PostgreSQL โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ MySQL โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ MongoDB โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Redis โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Supabase โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Auth โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Clerk โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Auth0 โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Firebase Auth โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Supabase Auth โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ NextAuth โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Payments โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Stripe โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Paddle โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Dodo Payments โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Lemon Squeezy โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Polar โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Emails โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Resend โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ SendGrid โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Mailgun โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Postmark โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Amazon SES โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Storage โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ AWS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Cloudflare โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Google Cloud Storage โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Supabase Storage โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Uploadcare โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Deployment โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Vercel โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Netlify โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Railway โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Render โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ AWS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Domains and DNS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Namecheap โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Hostinger โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Cloudflare DNS โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Google Domains โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ SiteGround โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Analytics โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Google Analytics โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Plausible โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ PostHog โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Mixpanel โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ DataFast โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Monitoring โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Sentry โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ LogRocket โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Datadog โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ NewRelic โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ UptimeRobot โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ DevOps โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Docker โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Kubernetes โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ GitHub Actions โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ CI CD โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Terraform โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Search โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Algolia โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Meilisearch โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Elasticsearch โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Typesense โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ OpenSearch โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ AI Integration โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ OpenAI API โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Anthropic API โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Replicate โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ HuggingFace โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Gemini API โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Integrations โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Zapier โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Make โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ n8n โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Pabbly โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Webhooks โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Security โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ SSL โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Cloudflare โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ WAF โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Rate Limiting โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Secrets Management โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Marketing โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Search Console โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Outrank โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Buffer โ”ƒ โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Analytics โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Kit โ”ƒ โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ Customer Support โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Intercom โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Crisp โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Zendesk โ”ฃ ๐Ÿ“‚ Tawk โ”— ๐Ÿ“‚ HelpScout

  • makowskid
    Dawid Makowski (@makowskid) reported

    @neerajjj6785 namecheap, cloudflare, never godaddy

  • RobGuerra90
    Rob (@RobGuerra90) reported

    @omarvvvr Namecheap all the way never had a problem in years and their customer support is on point

  • the_smart_ape
    The Smart Ape ๐Ÿ”ฅ (@the_smart_ape) reported

    millions of companies forget to renew their domain names every year. you can just buy the expired domain someone forgot about and get a premium on it. itโ€™s called drop catching. where to find them discovery + filtering: โ†’ expireddomains[.]net โ†’ domcop โ†’ freshdrop โ†’ moonsy auctions + catching: โ†’ godaddy auctions โ†’ namecheap expired auctions โ†’ dynadot closeouts โ†’ namejet / snapnames โ†’ dropcatch (1,200+ registrars, best catch rate on contested names) the process: domain expires โ†’ grace period โ†’ โ€œpending deleteโ€ โ†’ drops. once itโ€™s pending delete (usually ~5 days before the drop) you can place a backorder. if more than one person wants it, it goes to auction. most of these never get listed for sale. catch the ones with real value (traffic, backlinks, brandable names).

  • WaterAarav
    One&OnlyAarav (@WaterAarav) reported

    Claude = coding. ($20/mo) Shypmenta = deploys, connects, and manages every platform below($6/yr) Supabase = backend. (Free) Vercel = deploying. (Free) Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) GitHub = version control. (Free) Resend = emails. (Free) Clerk = auth. (Free) Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) PostHog = analytics. (Free) Sentry = error tracking. (Free) Upstash = Redis. (Free) Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20. Building has genuinely never been this affordable, and rarely this effortless either.

  • ibuildcoolshit
    Mike (@ibuildcoolshit) reported

    @kapilansh_twt Namecheap customer for 20+ years just left them for cloudflare

  • Harkinsete
    Akinsete Motunrayo (@Harkinsete) reported

    I built my entire personal brand with AI and a clear process. Here is exactly what I built and how I did it, because you can do this too. What I Built โœ… Brand Strategy (mission, vision, values) โœ… Visual identity: colors, fonts, logo, brand guidelines โœ… A full pitch deck (12 slides) โœ… A speaker kit PDF โœ… A complete multi-page personal brand website โœ… A free lead magnet (a guide people can actually use) How I Built the Website Step 1: I planned before I touched anything I wrote down my brand colors, my fonts, my page structure, and what I wanted each page to do. Most people skip this. Everything breaks when you skip this. Step 2: I gave Claude one detailed prompt with my brand colors, fonts, pages, and copy. It returned a complete, mobile-responsive, multi-page website as a single HTML file. One file. Ready to deploy. The prompt I used: - "Build me a complete personal brand website as a single HTML file. Pages: Home, About, Services, Portfolio, Contact. Primary color [your hex], accent color [your hex], background [your hex]. Display font [font name], body font [font name]. Home page needs: dark hero with my name, photo on the right, tagline, and a CTA button. Services section. Impact numbers. Mobile responsive. No frameworks." Copy this, edit your details, and fine-tune as you want. Step 3: I pushed to GitHub: Free. This took me less than five minutes. Now every update I make is version-controlled and safe. Step 4: I deployed to Vercel for free. Connected my GitHub repo to Vercel and the site was live in under few minutes. This requires no hosting fees and nothing to manage. Step 5: I bought my domain on Namecheap - Searched for my full name and found the .com. Bought it for less than $12 for the year. Added it to Vercel. Updated the DNS settings on Namecheap. Waited 20 minutes. My website was live at my own domain. - Total cost: less than $12. - Total time to go live: under 2 hours. I am also working on a mobile app. A Progressive Web App, which means anyone can visit the URL on their phone and add it to their home screen like a real app. I may be running a live training in July where I will walk you through this entire process step by step to build your live website with a custom domain. If you have a phone and a laptop, you can do this. I documented everything the steps, the exact AI prompts, the domain checklist, the deploy instructions in a free PDF guide. Comment BRAND IDENTITY below and I will send it straight to your inbox. ๐Ÿ’พSAVE THIS POST. You will want to come back to it. ๐Ÿ” SHARE IT with someone who keeps saying they need a website. The only thing standing between you and a professional online presence is the decision to start. Love and Light, Motunrayo ๐Ÿค

  • NameBio
    NameBio (@NameBio) reported

    Sales With History ๐Ÿ“ˆ Apturaโ€คcom sold for $24,750 at Sedo - up from $710 in June 2024 at GoDaddy. ๐Ÿ“ˆ LexFinโ€คcom sold for $13,230 at Sedo - up from $1,350 in December 2023 at DropCatch. ๐Ÿ“ˆ BlockSendโ€คcom sold for $9,898 at Atomโ€คcom - up from $285 in March 2025 at Dynadot. ๐Ÿ“ˆ SynthIDโ€คorg sold for $6,555 at Afternic - up from $15 in June 2026 at Namecheap. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Detailedโ€คco sold for $6,388 at Sedo - up from $22 in February 2025 at Dynadot. ๐Ÿ“‰ Palmโ€คio sold for $6,600 at GoDaddy - down from $25,000 in March 2021 at Parkโ€คio. Yesterday's Word Cloud + TLD Breakdown ๐Ÿ‘‡

  • MaxBuildsBuiz
    Max Builds (@MaxBuildsBuiz) reported

    @omarvvvr I trust namecheap the most, been using it for a while and never had any problems

  • jezza1961
    J.Simonne (@jezza1961) reported

    @Namecheap donโ€™t do it, they work with criminals who clone other peoples websites and donโ€™t do anything to take the scammer websites down

  • SurelyLg
    Lg Shurley (@SurelyLg) reported

    Be careful with @Namecheap. They have poor customer service and extremely strict refund policies. Even when they make an error, theyโ€™ll fight you on giving a refund and try to lowball you with a tiny credit. Just a heads up. #namecheap

  • fraey0
    ฦ’rฮฑeแƒง (@fraey0) reported

    it costs about $21/month to run what could become a multi-million dollar startup โ€ข human brain = reasoning (free) โ€ข claude = coding ($20/mo) โ€ข supabase = backend (free) โ€ข vercel = deployment (free) โ€ข namecheap = domain ($12/yr) โ€ข stripe = payments (2.9%/trx) โ€ข github = versioning (free) โ€ข resend = email (free) โ€ข clerk = auth (free) โ€ข cloudflare = DNS (free) โ€ข posthog = analytics (free) โ€ข sentry = error tracking (free) โ€ข upstash = redis (free) โ€ข pinecone = vector DB (free) everything sums up to roughly $20 to $25 per month so, the tools are not the barrier anymore. most ideas donโ€™t fail because theyโ€™re expensive to build. they fail because they never get built at all. whatโ€™s stopping you?

  • FriendOfTheInst
    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธShir Khorshid Noor Cyber Unit๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ (@FriendOfTheInst) reported

    Sponsored search results are not a trust boundary. A fake ChatGPT download campaign used brand impersonation, malvertising, shared-link abuse, cloaking, platform-specific payloads, CAPTCHA gating, Electron packaging, JavaScript obfuscation, and staged execution to deliver malware to Windows and macOS users. This is not merely another fake download page. It is a clear demonstration of how attackers exploit trust across multiple layers: โ€ข Trusted brand โ€ข Trusted search flow โ€ข Trusted-looking ad placement โ€ข Trusted-looking domain patterns โ€ข Trusted UI/branding โ€ข Trusted installer frameworks โ€ข Trusted code-signing assumptions โ€ข Trusted AI platform sharing features What happened: Attackers promoted a fake OpenAI/ChatGPT download experience using the domain: openew[.]app The site copied OpenAI-style branding and offered download paths for: โ€ข Windows โ€ข macOS โ€ข Chrome extension The Chrome extension path linked to a legitimate ChatGPT-related extension, further increasing perceived legitimacy. The Windows and macOS download paths delivered malware. Attackers also abused legitimate ChatGPT shared conversation links, including chatgpt[.]com/s/ pages, to host fake outage or download pages. A link hosted on a trusted domain can still deliver attacker-controlled content to users. The campaign employed cloaking and conditional rendering: automated scanners and analysis tools were shown benign content, reportedly an unrelated AR/VR company site, while real browsers received the malicious ChatGPT-themed download experience. That is the key lesson: A trusted domain, HTTPS padlock, sponsored ad, or polished UI does not equal a safe download. Why this campaign matters: Victims were not browsing dark web forums or downloading cracks. They were searching for a legitimate AI tool. That is why malvertising is effective: it targets high-intent users at the exact moment they are ready to install software. The campaign turned normal user behavior into an initial access path. Windows chain: The Windows payload was distributed as: Chat_GPT.exe Reported SHA-256: 56CC26E88C064B0C423AA8AD6530E58F91D1E4D28FAB1A8BCEDEF16A6582B4D2 Additional reported Windows hash: c9e0e6985dca3a179c9bdea4e7b38f7dc57fe00ecedc2fd634256fc53bf2de2d Important: hashes are useful for triage, not sufficient for defense. Campaigns rotate samples. Hunt behaviorally. Windows technical observations: โ€ข Installer built with Inno Setup โ€ข Electron-based application โ€ข Chromium runtime components โ€ข resources\app.asar archive โ€ข Large obfuscated JavaScript payload identified as winter.js โ€ข Hex-encoded strings โ€ข Dynamically resolved functions โ€ข Control-flow obfuscation โ€ข Event-driven execution โ€ข CAPTCHA gating before core behavior โ€ข Inner Electron payload (App.exe) launched after installation โ€ข PowerShell spawned after CAPTCHA completion Observed PowerShell pattern: -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command - That trailing dash matters. It suggests commands may be supplied through standard input rather than appearing directly in the process command line. This reduces the value of command-line-only detection and makes process-tree and behavioral monitoring much more important. Static red flags: The filename suggested ChatGPT, but embedded metadata reportedly identified the installer as: PovariEGLESVapp Setup The executable was signed by: F.F.A.P. Hurkmans Beheer B.V. That publisher does not align with OpenAI or ChatGPT. Important reminder: a valid code signature does not mean software is safe. It only confirms that the file was signed by a certificate and has not been modified since signing. It does not establish that the software is legitimate or authorized by the brand it imitates. Additional Windows indicators: โ€ข App.exe SHA-256: D9AD44D43E57B870793FA5CF7FB3A813990D0CBD0C7087BDE70A5E61FB1F1FE6 โ€ข Unexpected Chromium/Electron profile: %APPDATA%\Satoshi โ€ข Additional reported path: %APPDATA%\LeronApplication โ€ข Reported Electron/Node capabilities: systeminformation, child_process, os, fs, zip-lib, Those modules indicate a capable execution environment: system discovery, file access, archive handling, process execution, and network communication. macOS chain: The macOS payload was delivered as: ChatGpt.dmg Reported SHA-256: 7E5B708F6659B1FAD3AAE7B589A706434FBF21708AEEC5AF5910189B96E25FEF Additional reported macOS hash: c0919e1999eaee67e67aeda0287722775afb04e9a9a0f727928b4d11265fb70b The macOS malware is reported as Odyssey Stealer, a fork of AMOS / Atomic Stealer. Reported macOS targeting includes: โ€ข Browser passwords โ€ข Browser cookies โ€ข Saved logins โ€ข macOS keychain data โ€ข Telegram sessions โ€ข Cryptocurrency wallet directories โ€ข Desktop/Documents files with sensitive wallet/key extensions โ€ข Ledger Live โ€ข Trezor Suite โ€ข Exodus โ€ข Electrum โ€ข Sparrow The most dangerous macOS behavior: Wallet replacement. The malware reportedly attempts to replace legitimate wallet-related applications with trojanized versions. That means a victim may later open what appears to be their normal wallet app, but actually launch an attacker-controlled version. That is not only credential theft. That is long-tail financial compromise. Infrastructure: Reported malicious domain: openew[.]app Reported infrastructure includes: 144[.]172[.]104[.]205 188[.]137[.]246[.]189 192[.]253[.]248[.]181 172[.]94[.]9[.]250 Infrastructure notes: โ€ข Recently registered domain โ€ข Namecheap / registrar-servers infrastructure reported โ€ข RouterHosting infrastructure reported โ€ข Passive DNS linked infrastructure to other suspicious or malicious domains โ€ข .app domains require HTTPS, so browsers show a padlock The padlock only means the connection is encrypted. It does not mean the site is legitimate. Detection opportunities for defenders: 1. Newly created executables launched from Downloads, Temp, or other user-writable paths 2. Trusted-brand filenames that do not match embedded metadata 3. Installer publisher mismatch: filename says ChatGPT, signer is unrelated 4. Electron apps spawning scripting engines: powershell.exe cmd.exe osascript bash sh zsh 5. PowerShell with: -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command - 6. Unexpected Chromium/Electron profile directories, such as: %APPDATA%\Satoshi %APPDATA%\LeronApplication or other anomalous Electron profile paths 7. app.asar archives containing large obfuscated JavaScript bundles 8. CAPTCHA or user-interaction gating before malicious behavior 9. Newly registered domains impersonating major software or AI vendors 10. Users installing software from ads instead of official vendor channels 11. Suspicious wallet-app replacement attempts on macOS 12. Post-install network traffic to low-cost VPS infrastructure 13. Legitimate AI sharing URLs that render fake support, outage, update, or installation pages 14. Download pages that show different content to scanners than to real browsers The key defensive point: Do not build detections only around hashes or static strings. This campaign reduces the value of static analysis through: โ€ข Obfuscation โ€ข Runtime string construction โ€ข CAPTCHA gating โ€ข Electron packaging โ€ข Conditional execution โ€ข Cloaking โ€ข Staged payload behavior โ€ข Shared-link abuse on trusted domains The better approach: โ€ข Behavioral detection โ€ข Process-tree monitoring โ€ข Parent-child process analysis โ€ข Script-engine execution monitoring โ€ข Browser/download source telemetry โ€ข Application control โ€ข Newly registered domain monitoring โ€ข Publisher and metadata validation โ€ข EDR detections for Electron-to-shell execution โ€ข Monitoring for AI-platform shared links used as delivery pages โ€ข User training focused on sponsored-result and fake-download risk For users: Only download ChatGPT from official OpenAI channels or the Microsoft Store. Do not install software from ads, mirror sites, download portals, unfamiliar domains, or fake support/outage pages. If you installed a โ€œChatGPTโ€ app from an ad or unfamiliar page: Use a clean device and: โ€ข Sign out everywhere from important accounts โ€ข Change passwords, starting with primary email โ€ข Rotate API keys, SSH keys, cloud credentials, and tokens โ€ข Revoke active sessions for email, GitHub, cloud, Discord, Telegram, crypto exchanges, banking, and password managers โ€ข Move crypto funds from a clean device โ€ข Do not open Ledger/Trezor apps on a potentially infected Mac โ€ข Monitor financial accounts โ€ข Reinstall the OS โ€ข Notify IT/security immediately if it was a work device For AI vendors and platform owners: This is now part of the product security perimeter. Brand impersonation, malicious search ads, fake download pages, clone domains, and abuse of shared AI content are active distribution channels. Practical controls: โ€ข Make official download links easy to find โ€ข Monitor sponsored ads for brand abuse โ€ข Monitor newly registered lookalike domains โ€ข Detect abuse of shared-content features โ€ข Run takedowns quickly โ€ข Publish clear download guidance โ€ข Provide signed-installer verification guidance โ€ข Coordinate with search/ad platforms โ€ข Alert users when major impersonation campaigns are active Bottom line: Attackers are not just exploiting ChatGPT. They are exploiting the trust, urgency, and confusion around fast-moving AI adoption. Today it is ChatGPT. Yesterday it was another AI tool. Tomorrow it will be the next trending product. The malware can rotate. The domain can rotate. The payload can rotate. The brand can rotate. The infrastructure can rotate. The defensive mindset must rotate too: From: โ€œIs this file known bad?โ€ To: โ€œIs this behavior legitimate for this software, this publisher, this user, this source, and this execution context?โ€ That is the difference between signature-based reaction and modern detection engineering. Analysis draws on reporting from Malwarebytes Labs, Evalian SOC, Push Security, BleepingComputer, CybersecurityNews, and OpenAI documentation. #CyberSecurity #Malvertising #ThreatIntelligence

  • ubitquity_io
    UBITQUITY, Inc | One Block At A Timeยฎ (@ubitquity_io) reported

    We have escalated this matter to senior @namecheap support and are awaiting a workaround and resolution. Please stand by!

  • SpamAuditor
    SpamAuditor (@SpamAuditor) reported

    Watch for emails pretending to be support at @Namecheap, thankfully NameCheap has good SPF records in place, fake storage is full emails. If you get one of these, tell your email administrator to tighten up their SPF checks.@DatalixDE IP address 45.11.229.]113 this time

  • fanboynz
    Fanboy.nz (@fanboynz) reported

    @Namecheap What did you find? based on the hundreds of domains it creates weekly on your service.

  • cstcksa
    ู…ุฑูƒุฒ ู…ู‡ุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฅุจุฏุงุน ู„ู„ุชุฏุฑูŠุจ (@cstcksa) reported

    @Namecheap Warning to all website owners and businesses: Based on our experience, we strongly advise exercising caution before dealing with this hosting provider. We encountered significant difficulties related to account management, communication, and obtaining support regarding our hosting services. Our experience raised serious concerns about the company's practice of relying on third-party agents to manage hosting accounts, which may leave customers vulnerable to disputes, service interruptions, delays in account transfers, or unexpected financial demands. We encourage all customers to carefully review ownership rights, account access credentials, service agreements, and transfer procedures before purchasing hosting services through any intermediary or agent. We have documented our experience and reserve the right to pursue the matter through the appropriate regulatory and legal channels.

  • Cyberlane
    Jay (@Cyberlane) reported

    @diegohaz Already did that a while ago. I really disliked namecheap, their support was poor and the inability to simply change a username was crazy to me. Everything is on Cloudflare now and couldnโ€™t be happier!

  • WaterAarav
    One&OnlyAarav (@WaterAarav) reported

    Claude = coding. ($20/mo) Shypmenta = fully automates platforms below($6/yr) Supabase = backend. (Free) Vercel = deploying. (Free) Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) GitHub = version control. (Free) Resend = emails. (Free) Clerk = auth. (Free) Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) PostHog = analytics. (Free) Sentry = error tracking. (Free) Upstash = Redis. (Free) Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20. Building has genuinely never been this affordable, and rarely this effortless either.

  • patelpriyangu
    Priyangu Patel (@patelpriyangu) reported

    @PratikSinhatwt Namecheap I use which is the best in pricing and support.

  • josephmiclaus
    Joseph Miclaus (@josephmiclaus) reported

    @arvidkahl @Namecheap Didn't know this. Maybe they can do it manually through support?

  • currentbitsNET
    Willem van Zoeren (@currentbitsNET) reported

    @jacobAlswin Namecheap for me. Cheap, good support

  • MahdiEzz_code
    Mahdi Ezzeddine (@MahdiEzz_code) reported

    My domain has become too expensive I can't afford it (it wasn't that much when I bought it in 2023, it's getting expensive with each year) soo, I'm thinking of switching domains, and using cloudflare this time not namecheap but I'm gonna lose all my seo progress damn, idk what do you think guys?

  • kj_kjato
    K S (@kj_kjato) reported

    @Namecheap Never once have you reached out to me properly to verify my claims you know how to find my contact information. Iโ€™ve already told you where it is not affiliated with that garbage. Please reach out and rectify the problem. I donโ€™t want to call the police department again๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก

  • ChrisSeltzer
    Chris Seltzer (@ChrisSeltzer) reported

    @neerajjj6785 Really depends on what you're using it for and where your stuff will be hosted. If you're using a platform like AWS then buying it through them can save you some headaches down the line. Otherwise I've always used Namecheap but heard good things about Cloudflare.

  • buildwithmaya
    Maya (@buildwithmaya) reported

    @janstevens @Namecheap it really is haha, tbh its better than go daddy I used to be a loyal customer but with Namecheap I am def spending way less than what I did with godaddy

  • tamimbuilds
    tamimbuilds (@tamimbuilds) reported

    - Claude = coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase = backend. (Free) - Vercel = deploying. (Free) - Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) - GitHub = version control. (Free) - Resend = emails. (Free) - Clerk = auth. (Free) - Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) - PostHog = analytics. (Free) - Sentry = error tracking. (Free) - Upstash = Redis. (Free) - Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build.

  • itisyev
    yev (@itisyev) reported

    @Namecheap apologies for the false statement. I got emails from you with refunds for the domain subscription and jumped to conclusions Turns out... the IP I got from @digitalocean for hosting got re-allocated to a different project. Updating records with NC's Basic DNS to fix

  • emad_maker
    Emad (@emad_maker) reported

    @ardent__dev I've been using Namecheap and had good experience. They offer competitive pricing and reliable service.