Java’s Serializable interface provides an easy-to-use programming interface for converting between a runtime object and a byte stream. Serialization involves mapping a runtime object or an object ...

In this article, we’ll continue exploring XML and JSON in Java 11 and beyond. Examples in this article will introduce you to JSON-B, the JSON Binding API for Java. After a quick overview and ...

The Ruby programming language is impacted by a similar "deserialization issue" that has affected and wreaked havoc in the Java ecosystem in 2016; an issue that later also proved to be a problem for ...

Serialization is the process of saving an object’s state to a sequence of bytes; deserialization is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a ...

A recent blog post by FoxGlove Security that described remotely executable exploits against several major middleware products including WebSphere, WebLogic, and JBoss has focused attention on what ...

Oracle's chief architect says his company intends to remove serialization from Java -- eventually. Answering a question during a live-streamed session at the recent Devoxx UK 2018 conference called ...

PayPal has fixed a serious vulnerability in its back-end management system that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server and potentially install a backdoor. The ...

Java deserialization vulnerabilities are continuing to crop up in a wide variety of products. A recent example was discovered in a controller implementation of the Extensible Authentication Protocol ...

The .NET ecosystem is affected by a similar flaw that has wreaked havoc among Java apps and developers in 2016. The flaw is in how .NET coding libraries handle deserialization operations, leading to ...