The Java Serialization API provides a standard mechanism for developers to handle object serialization. In this tip, you will see how to serialize an object, and why serialization is sometimes ...

The first code listing is a simple example of persisting data to a serialized file using Java’s standard serialization. The generated file is called dustin.out. LightweightPersister.java ...

But while Oracle is addressing the issue in Java, serialization also affects other programming environments like .NET, Ruby, and others, where the issue remains dormant.

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

Removing serialization is one of the goals of Project Amber, an OpenJDK project that aims to "explore and incubate smaller, productivity-oriented Java language features that have been accepted as ...

The proof-of-concept code released from these experiments was later used to confirm that over 70 other Java applications were also vulnerable to deserialization flaws.

Java Serialization Bug Crops Up At PayPal Author: Michael Mimoso January 28, 2016 9:04 am 2 minute read ...

In programming languages, serialization is the process of converting data to a binary format for storing it or for sending it over the network. Deserialization is the reverse of that process.

In the security industry, we know that operating on untrusted inputs is a significant area of risk; and for penetration testers and attackers, a frequent source of high-impact issues. Serialization is ...