Security Tips
Security Tip: Excluding SVGs from Image Validation!
[Tip #107] Laravel 12 introduced a seemingly minor change - image validation now excludes SVGs by default. 🤔 Let's take a look at why this is so important! 🤓
In Depth
In Depth: Common Authorisation Failures!
[In Depth #33] Let's explore a number of common ways developers fail authorisation in Laravel apps, and what you need to watch out for so you don't make the same mistakes!
Security Tips
Security Tip: What If You Hashed Null?
[Tip #100] One of the fun parts of doing my security audits is coming across unexpected code that looks exploitable, and trying it out myself to see what possibilities exist.
Security Tips
Security Tip: Validating (Secure) URLs!
[Tip #90] Did you know Laravel's URL validator lets you control which protocols you accept? Here's my recommendation...
Security Tips
Security Tip: Laravel 11's Prompt Validation Rules
[Tip #77] We often talk about validating user input from the browser, but what about user input on the command line? Validation is just as useful there too!
Security Tips
Security Tip: Watch Out for Command Injection
[Tip#57] You've heard about SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting but what about another big injection avenue: Command Injection? It's less common but just as critical that you're aware of it...
Newsletter
In Depth: "Th1nk Lik3 a H4cker" Walkthrough (part 2)
[InDepth#19] It's time to finish up the "Th1nk Lik3 a H4cker" walkthrough, looking at the rest of the challenges and the final hack from Laracon US!
In Depth
In Depth: Mass-Assignment Vulnerabilities
[InDepth#15] There is a false confidence about mass-assignment vulnerabilities that hides how easy it is for them to occur and be exploited...
Security Tips
Security Tip: Validating Array Inputs
[Tip#42] Validating single values is easy, but what about arrays?
Security Tips
Security Tip: Retrieving Request Values
[Tip#40] Let's complete the set of request input helpers and their security implications
Security Tips
Security Tip: Casting Request Values
[Tip #39] Why treat all user input as strings when you can pull out specific values and automatically cast them as the types you're expecting?
Security Tips
Security Tip: Validating HTML & Markdown Input!
[Tip#22] Validating user input is easy to forget without adding HTML or Markdown into the mix!