The Java SE 6 documentation on Object Serialization states the following about the uses of Java serialization: Serialization is used for lightweight persistence and for communication via sockets or ...

In the world of high-level programming languages, developers constantly deal with ** [object/struct]** types of highly ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from Foxglove Security have reportedly discovered a remote code execution hole in the widely used Apache Commons library, thanks to the insecure method in which Java unserializes objects, ...

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 ...

Adobe released an important security hotfix for several versions of Coldfusion, resolving two bugs, Tuesday morning. Adobe today released an important security hotfix for several versions of its ...