If you use Laravel v8.78 and MySQL 8.0.23 and onwards, you can define choosen columns as "invisible". Columns which are define as invisible will be hidden from the select * statements.
However, to do so, we must use a invisible() method in the migration, something like that:
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema; Schema::table('table', function (Blueprint $table) {    $table->string('secret')->nullable()->invisible();});
That's it! This will make chosen column hidden from select * statement.
Tip given by @CatS0up