Security Tip: Have You Heard Of Slopsquatting?

[Tip #132] Your AI agent hallucinates a package name, confidently installs it, and keeps working - except an attacker registered that exact name, packed with malware. Welcome to slopsquatting.

Security Tip: Safely Updating Dependencies

[Tip #131] Updating packages used to be a no-brainer, but now you need to be careful. Updates may be malicious. But not updating leaves vulns unpatched. So what do you do??? 🤷

In Depth: Version Numbers Are Vanity Labels

[In Depth #40] We trust version numbers to mean a specific, fixed release - but they're really just labels pointing at a commit, and an attacker can quietly move them. Let's dig into tag hijacking, the attack behind tj-actions and Laravel-Lang. 😈

Security Tip: Secure Your Repositories with Laravel Moat

[Tip #130] Laravel Moat is a new tool that assesses the security posture of your GitHub repositories and recommends ways to tighten the controls protecting them.

Security Tip: The Signed URL Trap

[Tip #129] I love Signed URLs, but there is one very subtle trap you can accidentally fall into...

In Depth: Don't Trust Public Livewire Properties

[In Depth #39] Public Properties may look like PHP class properties, but they're really hidden form fields, just waiting for your input... 😈

Security Tip: Stop Putting Actions on GET Requests!

[Tip #128] Do you know the difference between GET and POST requests, and why it's so important that GET requests only ever retrieve data?

Security Tip: Your JWT Might Be a Forever Key!

[Tip #127] Without an `exp` claim, a JWT can remain valid forever, turning a leaked token into permanent access.

Security Tip: Validate Config at Boot

[Tip #126] Rather than checking for essential config when it's used, throw the checks in your Service Provider - you'll know about configuration failures before your users get a weird error.

In Depth: Email Verification Isn't as Simple as You Think

[In Depth #38] You can't trust an email address you haven't verified, so why are you storing them in your database?

Security Tip: Consider All Routes, Not Just Web!

[Tip #125] routes/web.php is boring and reliable, and routes/api.php is fancy, but have you forgotten one?

Security Tip: Update your packages! (Yes, this again!)

[Tip #124] I know I say this all the time (especially on stage!), but apparently not everyone heard me, so here we go again...