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Log4j New Security Vulnerability and ColdFusion (Critical Zero Day Attack)

February 20, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

The new security vulnerability Log4j is 10/10 on the “Hacking Richter scale”. How might it be affecting your ColdFusion servers? And what can you do to protect your company? TLDR; This issue affects most servers as Log4j is used by many software tools on modern servers, as well some versions of Adobe ColdFusion. Lucee CFML […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, Adobe ColdFusion 2021, ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Security

Secure ColdFusion (17 Tools + Best Practices)

September 18, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Overview of CF Security ColdFusion leads the web dev language pack in security.  It has the lowest number of security issues of any web language (according to CVE security data). Adobe even has a full-time security czar in charge of making the language even more secure.  All the developers on Adobe’s CF creation team are […]

Filed Under: CFML, ColdFusion Consulting, ColdFusion Security, Fixinator

4 Reasons Why Your ColdFusion Web Apps Are Suffering (And How To Avoid It)

March 27, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Why Your ColdFusion Web Apps Are Suffering (And How To Avoid It)

CIOs and their teams go to great lengths — and expenses — to put together the perfect, pristine web app. Yet things can go awry. Some web apps don’t live up to their potential. Happens in ColdFusion, like any other language. I see it all the time doing my ColdFusion consulting work. These problems become […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Security, Learn ColdFusion, Server Software

Google Down – An Unprecedented Event (Save Your Data Fast!)

February 16, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

How many times did you hit “refresh” on Monday? The #GoogleDown, a massive outage among the search giant’s many services, affected many IT systems and websites. Was your company able to navigate the outage easily? Or did you all freak out? Google Down… What Exactly Happened? There’s a way to cover your ass, so to […]

Filed Under: CFML, CFML Open- Source, ColdFusion Community, ColdFusion Consulting, ColdFusion Development, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Security, Server Software

4 Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant

February 16, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

State of the CF Union 2020

Learn about Four Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant Before Hiring Them!   Looking for the right consultant can be a demanding task. But done right, it could save your company money in the long term.   You’re about to dive into the confounding, cut-throat world of ColdFusion consultants, looking for someone to help […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CF Alive, CFML, ColdFusion Consulting, ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Development, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Performance Tuning, ColdFusion Security, Modernize ColdFusion Tagged With: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, ColdFusion, Coldfusion 2020, ColdFusion Consulting

Why is ColdFusion Better Than Other Programming Languages?

August 14, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

CFScript  It is considered best practice to write ColdFusion Components and all business logic in CFScript and to use CFML only in .cfm files amongst HTML.  The CFScript syntax provides a way of writing CFML code without using tags, and it can either be in a script based component (CFC) or inside the cfscript tag. CF tags are […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, AWS, CF Tags, CF Vs. Other Languages, CFML, ColdFusion Security, Java, JVM, Learn ColdFusion, Legacy Code

Modernization of Adobe ColdFusion (More Secure Than Ever)

September 17, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

With the modernization of Adobe ColdFusion, we are witnessing some major improvements in many fields. Security is just one of many. Auto Lockdown features, Containerization and many more are visible as well. Let’s dive in and see what make CF modern and reliable.     Security Security concerns are an important part of any programming […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, ColdFusion Security, Learn ColdFusion, Legacy Code, Modernize ColdFusion

State-of-the-Art Tools That Keep ColdFusion Alive

April 30, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Am I the only one who gets excited when sitting down to hash out some new CFML code? You know. one of the best parts about using ColdFusion (or Lucee for that matter) is the ease of use. CFML is a language that is capable of many things, but it’s simple to use. Ever stop […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, AWS, CF Tags, CF Vs. Other Languages, CFML, ColdFusion Security, Docker, Fusebox, FusionReactor, Java, Lucee

No-Nonsense November: ColdFusion Security Breakdown

April 30, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Note this article was written when Adobe ColdFusion 2018 version was out. Currently, there is a new version- Adobe ColdFusion 2021, and it is the game-changing release for the next decade. To learn more about CF 2021 listen to the CF Alive podcast episode with Rakshith Naresh. ColdFusion Security Breakdown With the recent British Airways […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CFML, ColdFusion Security

ColdFusion Security Hotfix (APSB17-30) Released

February 15, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Just last week, Adobe released their security updates (APSB17-30) for ColdFusion 2016 and ColdFusion 11. The said update was specifically created to fix two critical and one important issue. However, take note that the ColdFusion 10 and older will be vulnerable to some if not all of the issues. Plus, since the older versions began […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Security

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