Serialization is the process of converting a Java object into a sequence of bytes so they can be written to disk, sent over a network, or stored outside of memory. Later, the Java virtual machine (JVM ...

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 ...

Recently, on the "Ask The Architect" session from the Devoxx UK 2018 conference, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, shared his thoughts about Java’s serialization mechanism which he called a ...

Serializing and deserializing data is not a problem by itself, or when the source of the data is known to be safe. These operations become dangerous when an app works with user-supplied data. For the ...

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 ...

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 ...