Covering ColdFusion, Java, Web Development, & other topics
Slides from my AI Security for ColdFusion Developers talk at the 2026 Adobe ColdFusion Summit in Las Vegas, covering prompt injection, defensive strategies, and more. Read Article: AI Security for ColdFusion Developers - CFSummit 2026 Slides
New AI security topics have been added to Pete's ColdFusion Security Training Class. Read Article: ColdFusion Security Training Next Week Dec 9-10
Going in the deep end exploring how claude code permissions work and what security protections are available. Read Article: Understanding Claude Code Permissions and Security Settings
Pete is teaching an online ColdFusion developer security training class. Read Article: ColdFusion Security Training Class December 2025
Celebrating 30 years of ColdFusion at the 2025 ColdFusion Summit in Las Vegas Read Article: ColdFusion Summit 2025 - 30 Years of ColdFusion
Pete shows you how to use java SecureRandom to generate a six letter security code. Read Article: Generate 6 Letter Security Codes in Java or CFML
Shows how to use java SecureRandom to generate a six digit security code. Read Article: Generate 6 Digit Security Codes in Java or CFML
Slides and video links for my presentation at ColdFusion Developer Week 2025 Read Article: ColdFusion Developer Week 2025 Slides and Video
Be careful when using cfparam to deal with searchImplicitScopes. Read Article: Potential gotcha with searchImplicitScopes and cfparam
How to use curl for a simple HTTP load test. Read Article: Simple Load Testing with curl
The release of Fixinator 6.1.0 and its features. Read Article: Fixinator 6.1.0 - Detecting Undefined Remote Arguments
Slides for my talk at the 2025 Adobe ColdFusion Summit East Conference in Washington DC Read Article: The CWE 25 and ColdFusion - CFSummit East 2025 Slides
Writes are disabled by default in Tomcat's DefaultServlet, here's how to check your server. Read Article: Understanding and Checking for Tomcat CVE-2025-24813
Debugging the error: Could not find agent library instrument on the library path Read Article: Java 21: Could not find agent library instrument on the library path
Version 6 of Fixinator a CFML code scanning tool has been released. Read Article: Fixinator Version 6 Released
List of breaking changes in CF2025 and how to use Fixinator to spot them. Read Article: ColdFusion 2025 Breaking Changes Explained
Fixinator's New Compatibility Scanner: Upgrade to the latest ColdFusion version with confidence. Identify compatibility issues, deprecated features, and removed tags/functions. Read Article: Fixinator's ColdFusion Compatibility Scanner
My slides and an outline of my CF Summit 2024 talk in Las Vegas Read Article: ColdFusion Summit 2024 Slides: 20 ways to secure CF
A list of the latest ColdFusion Security Updates Read Article: Latest ColdFusion Security Updates - June 2026
You can pass a negative value into CFML left or right functions. Read Article: Left and Right Accept Negative Counts