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Namecheap provides services on domain name registration, and offer for sale domain names that are registered to third parties (also known as aftermarket domain names). It is also a web hosting company.

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  • 57% Hosting (57%)
  • 43% Domains (43%)

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The most recent Namecheap outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Tuxtla Domains 2 months ago
Centerville Hosting 2 months ago
Noida Domains 2 months ago
Purmerend Domains 2 months ago
Istanbul Hosting 2 months ago
Charleston Hosting 2 months ago
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  • dnaccess
    DNAccess (@dnaccess) reported

    @DancerA Network Solutions is 40%, GoDaddy 33%, and eNom 7% โ€” so those three alone account for 80%, and Network Solutions plus GoDaddy together are 73%. After that it drops into a long tail: Domain(com)~4%, then Moniker, Namecheap, and 1&1 IONOS at ~2% each, and some single cases at ~1%

  • NameBio
    NameBio (@NameBio) reported

    Sales With History ๐Ÿ“ˆ Wyrdโ€คai sold for $3,250 at Spaceshipโ€คcom - up from $598 in July 2025 at Namecheap. ๐Ÿ“ˆ BetFansโ€คnet sold for $2,500 at Afternic - up from $12 in October 2021 at GoDaddy. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Globinโ€คnet sold for $1,000 at Afternic - up from $12 in August 2021 at GoDaddy. ๐Ÿ“‰ PeakCashโ€คcom sold for $1,009 at Dynadot - down from $1,688 in June 2023 at BuyDomains. ๐Ÿ“‰ HomePacโ€คcom sold for $891 at GoDaddy - down from $2,800 in May 2011 at Sedo. Yesterday's Word Cloud + TLD Breakdown ๐Ÿ‘‡

  • ennycodes
    ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–›๐•ฐ๐–“๐–“๐–ž (@ennycodes) 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

  • QamarIssaqf
    Qamar Issa (@QamarIssaqf) reported

    @0xPurchase @sidomains @NamePros How to buy in less 25$ Which platform bro to invest I search namecheap spaceship not support this

  • SigniusNetworks
    Signius (@SigniusNetworks) reported

    @Namecheap Oh FFS so it's caused by Right Clicking to Copy the password. If you just double click & "ctrl c" it does not add "Refresh" to the pasted text. I have never ever encountered this bloody nonsense before & so not understand why any developer would think this is acceptable.

  • attacomsian
    Atta ๐Ÿฌ (@attacomsian) reported

    @arvidkahl @Namecheap DENIC runs .de transfers through a KK code and the registrar has to be a member or work via a partner. a lot of resellers only built the registration side and never the transfer one.

  • roberttimsah
    Robert Timsah (@roberttimsah) reported

    NameCheap is down well mine are

  • aarons_takes
    Aaron (@aarons_takes) reported

    @MustaAras I think it comes down to normie's perceptions of Namecheap/Spaceship registrars vs GoDaddy. Very much IMHO.

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

    @Namecheap Unfortunately, we have had an extremely poor experience with the current hosting provider. Despite multiple attempts to communicate through email and official support channels, we have received no response regarding our inquiries, technical support requests, or account management matters. The complete lack of communication and customer support has caused significant operational difficulties and has negatively affected the management of our website and educational platform. This level of service raises serious concerns about the provider's reliability, professionalism, and commitment to its contractual obligations. We respectfully request an immediate response to our pending requests and a prompt resolution of all outstanding issues. If the company is unable or unwilling to provide the required support, we request full cooperation in transferring the hosting account and related services to an alternative provider without further delay.

  • raunak_yadush
    Raunak Yadush (@raunak_yadush) reported

    * Claude = coding. ($20/mo) * Supabase = backend. (Free) * Vercel = deployment. (Free) * Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) * Stripe = payments. (2.9% per transaction) * GitHub = version control. (Free) * Resend = email delivery. (Free) * Clerk = authentication. (Free) * Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) * PostHog = analytics. (Free) * Sentry = error monitoring. (Free) * Upstash = Redis. (Free) * Pinecone = vector database. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: around $20. There has never been a more affordable time to build.

  • daily_btc_lore
    Today in Bitcoin History (@daily_btc_lore) reported

    3/7 - The bold part was zero-confirmation delivery. A Bitcoin payment isn't settled until miners include it in a block, roughly 10 minutes at best. Most merchants waited for one to six confirmations. Namecheap activated your purchase the moment the transaction hit the network.

  • thesysgoblin
    SysGoblin (@thesysgoblin) reported

    @sattyyouneed GoDaddy is ****. Has hidden fees and is the most expensive option out there. Porkbun is cheaper than namecheap, almost equal to cloudfare but with namecheap's ease. Never tried Hostinger.

  • 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

  • shilpiagrawal55
    Shilpi Agrawal (@shilpiagrawal55) reported

    @_swanand vaguely familiar with dns enough to get my work done. Had added Custom vercel DNS on namecheap (now that i open namecheap and see). Did this few months ago so no recollection except i dont remember having issues with it. Have two custom domains added on Vercel.

  • 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

  • TheUltronAi
    Ultron AI (@TheUltronAi) reported

    - Claude for coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase for backend. (Free tier) - Vercel for deploying. (Free tier) - Namecheap for domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe for payments. (2.9% per transaction) - GitHub for version control. (Free) - Resend for emails. (Free tier) - Clerk for auth. (Free tier) - Cloudflare for DNS. (Free) - PostHog for analytics. (Free tier) - Sentry for error tracking. (Free tier) - Upstash for Redis. (Free tier) - Pinecone for vector DB. (Free tier) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build. It's not that deep bro.

  • legacyunchain
    Legacy (@legacyunchain) reported

    @yfly58 Nice one. Boss I need help, I'm trying to set up a business mail. I bought a domain on namecheap, connected it to the Google workshop. I have been trying to activate the Gmail but the MX record I created on namecheap is not working and the activation is failing.

  • ADesignerDarkly
    DฬธอŒฬ–aฬถอŠฬžrฬทอ’ฬ™kฬถออ‡lฬธฬƒฬญyฬธอ„อˆ (@ADesignerDarkly) reported

    @Hexangelo5 You are right about that! Pulsechain,com is registered through there, as are lots of other pulsechain project websites. While Namecheap built its brand on privacy advocacy (e.g., fighting for customer data protection in courts), control now sits largely with a Luxembourg-based PE giant whose incentives are financial returns, not ideological privacy maximalism. The registrant data required by ICANN lives in a system where EU corporate oversight meets US legal demands. In an era of rising data breaches, surveillance, and regulatory flux, relying on any large registrar under PE ownership means trusting opaque boardroom decisions with your identity footprint. Diversifying to independent or privacy-first alternatives reduces single points of failure.

  • Bhavyaztwt
    Bhavya (@Bhavyaztwt) reported

    @Namecheap No problem man We gng ๐Ÿ’ฅ

  • JamiuAjetomobi
    Ajetomobi Jamiu (@JamiuAjetomobi) reported

    It doesn't matter how great your content or product is if your audience never sees it. โ€‹The fix requires updating your technical security keys inside your domain host (like @GoDaddy or @Namecheap) so providers know you are a trusted sender.

  • bradanlane
    Bradรกn Lane (@bradanlane) reported

    @anne_engineer 1) odd as I've been on the site most of the morning 2) namecheap has had an ssl problem 3) I'll try some different browsers and see

  • BrianLeeMayes
    Brian Lee Mayes โœž โž๐“ข๐“ฒ๐”โž ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“›๐“ฎ๐“ฎ (@BrianLeeMayes) reported

    @Namecheap Turns out, y'all were doing maintenance, with no notice I could find. That should probably be shown on what ever login screen one uses...just a thought. Being 3rd party, IDK how that would work. I'm still talking to them about switching away from Roundcube. They don't know how.

  • Iamkaifyyy
    Kaifyyy.sh (@Iamkaifyyy) 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. Helps me a lot Iโ€™m gonna bookmark it

  • ShantDotMe
    Shant (@ShantDotMe) reported

    @Namecheap for the love of God, please do train your support agents a bit better. It is NOT OK for your agent to tell users to use an IP address, without a valid SSL certificate, to login!!!

  • SchraderValves
    Formerly Exit 2 ๐Ÿด โ˜ฎ๏ธ (@SchraderValves) reported

    @YourHornedGod I used to use Namecheap, never had a problem. Don't know if they are still good

  • 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).

  • theybanjan
    Debanjan Choudhury (@theybanjan) reported

    @stanlee0nX lemme know if you need help. PS. just use namecheap or porkbun

  • thekenndubisi
    Ken ๐Ÿง™ (@thekenndubisi) reported

    How to setup an online business doing $1k a day revenue in 30 days: Step 1: Register a business and get a biz bank account. If youโ€™re in Canada, use Ownr. If youโ€™re incorporating in the US, use LegalZoom or Bizee. Step 2: Setup a business email address with Namecheap, connect it to Gmail and sort out tax registration (GST/HST in Canada, EIN for the US) 3: Choose your niche, build your one person offer and price it for an easy yes. A rough example: โ€œI help local gym owners get 10-20 new member leads using meta ads in 30 days or less for $500 a monthโ€ 4. Setup your ad account and launch your one-person ad. Rough example: โ€œAttention Toronto gym owners, are your ads getting clicks but no members? Most gym ads fail because of xyz. I help gym owners get x qualified signups using this. Click to watch this 3 minute video showing how it worksโ€ 5. Send the traffic to a landing page with the VSL that has these 3 components: a headline mirroring the ad, a short video speaking about the problem, and a link to book a call. 6. Get on a call and ask these 4 questions: whereโ€™s your business right now? What have you tried so far? If we solved this like this, what would that look like for you? Hereโ€™s how weโ€™ll solve this bottle neckโ€ฆ.โ€ and then present your offer. Itโ€™s not easy but it is simple; donโ€™t over complicate it. Do this and get to $1k a day within 30 days. You want my help setting this up? Send a DM.

  • theepiest
    eepy ๐Ÿพ (@theepiest) reported

    @Porkbun @that2art @Lunascaped no shade at you guys i've even used y'all before<3 i had great service too! but in this specific case i know what im talking. spaceship/namecheap will provide their 'Withheld for Privacy ehf' (i had a domain it expired) and for that same extension you guys say no whois privacy

  • gergomoricz
    Gergล‘ Mรณricz (@gergomoricz) reported

    just bought something i'll never use on namecheap, call that a domain expansion