How to Secure Webhooks: HMAC Verification and Best Practices
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How to Secure Webhooks: HMAC Verification and Best Practices Every major webhook provider -- Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, Twilio, Discord -- sends a signature with each webhook delivery. Most developers skip verifying it during development and never add it in production. That is a serious security mistake. Without signature verification, anyone who discovers your webhook endpoint URL can send fake events to your server: forged payment confirmations, fabricated order updates, spoofed user