The maturing of Web standards has fueled a wave of innovation in browser technology. It's injecting life into a stagnated market, to the benefit of Web users everywhere and on every platform. Powerful ...

ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.

Recently, Microsoft informed users about a threatening zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10 and Windows Server versions named Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. The threat has ...

A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology ...

We previously reported that Apple published a paper called "Creating the Best User Experience for Active Web Content," warning Mac Web developers that in early 2004, Microsoft will make changes ...

Microsoft Corp. today issued “kill bit” updates for ActiveX controls from HP and a Washington state developer, the third time it’s disabled third-party add-ons in the last four months. One security ...

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 ...

Follow this advice to block malicious Office files from doing harm to your network even if you've implemented Microsoft's recommended actions. Once again attackers have used Office files in targeted ...

Apple has now published a paper called "Creating the Best User Experience for Active Web Content". According to its description "the information, tools, and resources on this page are designed to ...

A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser has some security experts, including those at US-CERT, recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls ...

Microsoft today made available Internet Explorer 7 RC1, sporting features such as bolstered security, improved AJAX support, improved enterprise-wide manageability, and even some features tailored ...