Earlier this week we learned of a Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild by loading it through ActiveX in Microsoft Excel. The real news--the Flash vulnerability--was almost overshadowed by ...

As part of a special partnership with SearchSecurity.com, Christopher Budd, security program manager for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), offers an inside look at the process that leads ...

KB 3008923 crashes IE, KB 3002339 still hanging on install, KB 2986475 still pulled -- but there's a small silver lining Overnight, Microsoft pulled two high-profile screwed-up patches: KB 3011970 and ...

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 ...

Office files are a trove of metadata and other hidden information. If not managed properly, they can reveal more about an organization than users intend, potentially landing them in hot water. In ...

TestPoint 5.0, a development software package for test and measurement, adds ActiveX controls for building graphical user interfaces. Version 5.0 adds knobs, switches, buttons, sliders, “LED” ...

Microsoft announced that it will block older ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer, starting with Java. Next week’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday security bulletins will not only bring nine new security ...