A group of hackers is using the remote desktop ActiveX control in Word documents to automatically execute on Windows 10 a malware downloader called Ostap that was seen recently adopted by TrickBot for ...

The ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access enables users to view an Access report snapshot without requiring the use of a standard version of ...

PPT Vision announced a new standard API (application programming interface) that uses the Microsoft ActiveX platform to provide industry-standard connectivity, linking, and embedding. ActiveX control ...

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, versions 5.5 SP2 and 6.0 (soon to be released) no longer support Netscape-style plug-ins, such as the plug-in installed as part of QuickTime 5.0.2 and earlier ...

Researchers at Errata Security are offering a free tool for users that protects them from the wave of malicious ActiveX controls plaguing Internet Explorer browsers. Errata created the tool, called ...

The exploitation of ActiveX controls is not new to the security community. While initially designed to provide website authors with new embeddable features, and granting Internet Explorer (IE) users ...

For the second time in a week, Microsoft Corp. is warning users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched, critical bug in a company-made ActiveX control, putting people running Internet Explorer at ...

Research iIn Motion has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices. The flaw lies in an ActiveX ...

I'm not a programmer I'm a network techie so I'd be grateful if I can be babied a little with any coding specific terminology please.<BR><BR>We have a piece of software we've been given by a third ...

Multiple vulnerabilities have been detected in the ActiveX control of the Yahoo! Music Jukebox which may permit attackers to take “complete control” of a user's PC, according to FrSIRT, the French ...

A new zero day critical bug in Windows has been widely reported. Let me summarize things briefly: The two vulnerable versions of Windows are XP and Server 2003. The safe versions of Windows (just from ...

I have a simple ActiveX control used on an internal website. This control makes a couple of Win32API calls to force it's host browser window to stay on top of other windows. This is used for help ...