Stephen Rees-Carter
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what they talk about
all 4 in the filters
where they keep going back
- Laracon AU3 editions2023–2025
- NDC Security2 editions2023–2024
all 5 in the filters
on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Niall Merrigan19 talks
- Beth Tucker Long12 talks
- Troy Hunt39 talks
- Ben Dechrai29 talks
- Jim Manico28 talks
- Aaron Bedra14 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Defending the Hornburg | Laracon AU 2025 | 2025-11-13 |
Use trusted managed infrastructure like Forge or a reputable VPS such as DigitalOcean, start with secure defaults in Laravel, and apply updates promptly; keep… | ||
| Bulletproof Coding: Essential Security | Laracon AU 2024 | 2024-11-07 |
Join Stephen Rees-Carter at Laracon AU 2024 for an exciting session on Bulletproof Coding! Discover essential security practices for developers. Leave a… | ||
| Passwords are Dead, Long live Passkeys! | NDC Security 2024 | 2024-01-09 |
Passkeys replace passwords by generating a public/private keypair in a local authenticator (Windows Hello, phone or password manager) and sending only the… | ||
| Trapping a Scammer | NDC Security 2024 | 2024-01-09 |
A recipient gets three separate offers to buy the .com of a domain already owned as .net, then probes for proof and compares timestamps: WHOIS creation… | ||
| Th1nk lik3 a h4cker | Laracon AU 2023 | 2023-11-16 |
Get your hacker hat on with this engaging video as we dive into the ethics of hacking and necessary precautions in security with Stephen Rees-Carter. Not just… | ||
| Th1nk Lik3 a H4cker | Laracon US 2023 | 2023-07-19 |
Live demo breaks a Laravel app end-to-end: crowdsourced brute force shows IP rate limits are trivial to bypass, a signed verification URL is accepted when the… | ||
| In Defence of PHP | NDC Security 2023 | 2023-01-16 |
Argues modern PHP is no longer the messy legacy era of php3/php4 and backs that with concrete tooling and results: adoption of PSR autoloading, the composer… | ||
| Think Like a Hacker | Laracon EU Online 2021 | 2021-01-18 |
An intentionally vulnerable Laravel app gets compromised end to end: user enumeration via registration and password reset, credential stuffing using leaked… | ||
| A Deep Dive Into SameSite Cookies, What They Are and Why They Matter | NDC Sydney 2020 | 2020-08-31 |
Explains how browsers now interpret SameSite cookie values and what breaks: Chrome defaults to SameSite=Lax by default (rollout completed in mid‑2020)… | ||
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