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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...