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I want to share a recent experience that raised serious security concerns for me. I’m not here to rage, just to document what happened and see if others have experienced anything similar. I had an old site on Hostinger that I let expire. Two days after expiration, a SendGrid API key stored in an .env file outside the public directory was used to send approximately 300,000 phishing emails in Polish. The .env file was never publicly accessible. My Hostinger account had 2FA enabled with a strong, unique password. My SendGrid account also had SMS 2FA enabled. The key had not been used or exposed anywhere else. I’ve been developing professionally since 2005. I understand there are other possible vectors such as a compromised local machine, malware, or leaked credentials elsewhere, but I’ve audited what I can and none of those explanations fit the circumstances. In 2019, I had a trading bot on Hostinger connecting to Binance via API. The key was used from the server’s own IP to execute trades that sold my holdings at below-market prices, resulting in a $700 loss. At the time I didn’t connect the dots, but given this recent incident, I’m reconsidering. I’m not claiming proof, but the pattern is concerning enough that I wanted to share it. If you’re storing sensitive credentials on Hostinger cloud hosting, it may be worth evaluating your risk. https://preview.redd.it/3q5vl5ormkdg1.png?width=731&format=png&auto=webp&s=0d43c9f3bf81bf2c48276a1bf444540bc5ddd219 Keep in mind before telling me to use the whitelist in sendgrid, my ip is dynamic and I cannot possibly whitelist all the ranges of my ISP, and even tho I do not have to worry about things like this, hosting should not and must not get keys from customer servers expired or not. submitted by /u/TastyWriting8360 [link] [comments]

I’m new to infrastructure and I want to start a simple IaaS project with a friend. We are exploring the possibilities, and so far we know that virtual machines allow us to separate different workloads on a single physical machine. Is there a better way to do this? submitted by /u/Sad_Performance9744 [link] [comments]

As title says, I am tired of Namecheap’s support and their dated systems, who out there is better? Bonus points if they have a dedicated support telephone. submitted by /u/LukeLehepuu [link] [comments]

https://preview.redd.it/ykqjjhugwddg1.png?width=886&format=png&auto=webp&s=278fef801d9e20c8b3ecaec90c5dc037c412b57f I am working with blue host and astro and i’ve donde the ico and and all the images for the web page and in the browser it loads when i get in into the page but when i searc it in the preview of the web page i got this is ther something that i have to do I did this in my code : <link rel=”icon” type=”image/x-icon” href=”/favicon.ico” /> <link rel=”icon” type=”image/png” sizes=”16×16″ href=”/favicon-16×16.png” /> <link rel=”icon” type=”image/png” sizes=”32×32″ href=”/favicon-32×32.png” /> <link rel=”icon” type=”image/png” sizes=”48×48″ href=”/android-chrome-512×512.png” /> <link rel=”icon” type=”image/png” sizes=”48×48″ href=”/android-chrome-192×192.png” /> <link rel=”apple-touch-icon” sizes=”180×180″ href=”/apple-touch-icon.png” /> <link rel=”manifest” href=”/site.webmanifest” /> PLS help submitted by /u/Papenguito [link] [comments]

I’ve been using InMotion’s VPS plan with CWP for the past few years and I’m looking to find a new solution. I own 4 domains for emails (old business emails and emails for subscriptions), but I only use 1 domain for a WordPress site for my business and work emails. I’ve been using VPS to get a dedicated IP because I had issues with former hosts where my emails would bounce due to blacklisting. I really like InMotion VPS as it’s expensive and the CWP has been a pain to use. I can’t even upload a plugin for WordPress without it timing out and if I try to increase file size and bandwidth it crashes out. I think I have a fairly cost-effective solution and wanted to be sure it made sense before moving forward. I would get a WordPress Hosting Plan with a reliable host running cPanel for $10-$15 then use Google Workspace with my domain name for my business email for $15 a month. That’s less than half the price of my InMotion VPS plan when it renews in July and I’ll be on cPanel instead of CWP. Thoughts? submitted by /u/brashtracks [link] [comments]