diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index b78c56b..766217f 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Livewire\Exceptions\MethodNotFoundException;
 use Livewire\Features\SupportFileUploads\MissingFileUploadsTraitException;
+use Livewire\Features\SupportLifecycleHooks\DirectlyCallingLifecycleHooksNotAllowedException;
 use Stefro\LaravelLangCountry\Middleware\LangCountrySession;
 
 return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
@@ -66,7 +68,23 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
             return $e instanceof MissingFileUploadsTraitException;
         };
 
-        $exceptions->report(function (Throwable $e) use ($isStaleLivewireAsset, $isStaleCompiledView, $isMissingFileUploadsTrait) {
+        $isLivewireExploitProbe = function (Throwable $e): bool {
+            // Deserialization/RCE bots probe the `livewire/update` endpoint by invoking
+            // protected lifecycle hooks or PHP magic methods to reach gadget chains.
+            // Livewire safely rejects these calls; the rejection is the bot signature,
+            // so we silence the resulting noise instead of reporting it as a 500.
+            if ($e instanceof DirectlyCallingLifecycleHooksNotAllowedException) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if ($e instanceof MethodNotFoundException) {
+                return (bool) preg_match('/Public method \[__/', $e->getMessage());
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        };
+
+        $exceptions->report(function (Throwable $e) use ($isStaleLivewireAsset, $isStaleCompiledView, $isMissingFileUploadsTrait, $isLivewireExploitProbe) {
             if ($isStaleLivewireAsset($e, request())) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -78,9 +96,13 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
             if ($isMissingFileUploadsTrait($e)) {
                 return false;
             }
+
+            if ($isLivewireExploitProbe($e)) {
+                return false;
+            }
         });
 
-        $exceptions->render(function (Throwable $e, Request $request) use ($isStaleLivewireAsset, $isStaleCompiledView, $isMissingFileUploadsTrait) {
+        $exceptions->render(function (Throwable $e, Request $request) use ($isStaleLivewireAsset, $isStaleCompiledView, $isMissingFileUploadsTrait, $isLivewireExploitProbe) {
             if ($isStaleLivewireAsset($e, $request)) {
                 return response('', 404);
             }
@@ -93,6 +115,10 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
                 return response('', 400);
             }
 
+            if ($isLivewireExploitProbe($e)) {
+                return response('', 400);
+            }
+
             return null;
         });
     })->create();
diff --git a/tests/Feature/LivewireExploitProbeTest.php b/tests/Feature/LivewireExploitProbeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0462b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/LivewireExploitProbeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Livewire\Exceptions\MethodNotFoundException;
+use Livewire\Features\SupportLifecycleHooks\DirectlyCallingLifecycleHooksNotAllowedException;
+
+it('returns 400 for lifecycle-hook probing instead of 500', function () {
+    Route::get('/_test/livewire-lifecycle-probe', function () {
+        throw new DirectlyCallingLifecycleHooksNotAllowedException('dehydrate', 'auth.login');
+    });
+
+    expect($this->get('/_test/livewire-lifecycle-probe')->status())->toBe(400);
+});
+
+it('returns 400 for magic-method probing instead of 500', function () {
+    Route::get('/_test/livewire-magic-method-probe', function () {
+        throw new MethodNotFoundException('__call');
+    });
+
+    expect($this->get('/_test/livewire-magic-method-probe')->status())->toBe(400);
+});
+
+it('does not report Livewire exploit probes to the logs', function () {
+    Log::spy();
+
+    Route::get('/_test/livewire-probe-log', function () {
+        throw new DirectlyCallingLifecycleHooksNotAllowedException('dehydrate', 'auth.login');
+    });
+
+    $this->get('/_test/livewire-probe-log')->assertStatus(400);
+
+    Log::shouldNotHaveReceived('error');
+    Log::shouldNotHaveReceived('critical');
+    Log::shouldNotHaveReceived('emergency');
+});
+
+it('still surfaces genuine method-not-found bugs', function () {
+    Route::get('/_test/livewire-real-method-not-found', function () {
+        throw new MethodNotFoundException('saveProfile');
+    });
+
+    expect($this->get('/_test/livewire-real-method-not-found')->status())->not->toBe(400);
+});