Security Tips
Security Tip: HTML autocomplete Attribute
[Tip#52] HTML has a lot of hidden gems, and the `autocomplete` attribute is no exception. Lets take a look at how it helps your password fields and password managers work together!
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Security Tip: Validate Your Webhooks!
[Tip#51] Just because your webhook endpoints aren't listed anywhere (are they?) doesn't mean someone won't find them, and send malicious payloads to your app! You need to validate your webhook payloads!
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Security Tip: Watch out for Resource Authorisation
[Tip#50] Watch out when you mix Resource Controllers and Authorisation with custom Controller Actions and custom routes... you may find you're lacking authorisation without realising it!
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Security Tip: Disable Dev Tools on Prod
[Tip#49] Dev tools are are really helpful, but they are still just dev tools. Don't install them on production... or anywhere world-accessible, if you can avoid it.
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Security Tip: Test for Missing Authorisation
[Tip#48] We write tests for everything else, so why not write tests for authorisation as well?
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Security Tip: Getting Started with Content Security Policies
[Tip#47] Setting up a CSP doesn't have to be a daunting task! Let's take a look at a tips for getting started with CSPs, without breaking anything!
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Security Tip: Security Headers are Layers of Defence
[Tip#46] Security headers add important layers of defence to your apps, preventing data leaks, XSS and CSRF attacks, clickjacking, and more... Why are you leaving your apps unprotected?
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Security Tip: Replace Simple Dependencies
[Tip#45] The more dependencies your project has, the higher your risk of supply-chain attack is, and the less you're aware of what code is actually running...
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Security Tip: Avoiding XSS with HtmlString
[Tip#44] Check out that one simple trick... I mean... This is my favourite way to avoid XSS.
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Security Tip: Don't Forget Rate Limiting
[Tip#43] It's essential for limiting bot attacks, and don't forget it on other sensitive routes like authentication...
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Security Tip: Validating Array Inputs
[Tip#42] Validating single values is easy, but what about arrays?
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Security Tip: Safely Rendering JSON in Blade
[Tip#41] It's quite common to inject JSON into Blade templates for various use cases, but is it actually safe to do so? Not really...