IE8 to boost ActiveX security on Vista ActiveX has long been regarded as a gaping hole through which spyware and … ...

Microsoft's new Edge browser will discard two of the oldest browser technologies found in the aged Internet Explorer and replace them with add-ons based on HTML5 and JavaScript.

Microsoft's powerful and proprietary ActiveX technology has long been faulted for its lack of security. Mozilla said its updated NPAPI would address security concerns head-on but did not say how.

ActiveX, a software framework technology developed by Microsoft, has been widely used for the company's web browser Internet Explorer.

In addition to releasing four bulletins this Patch Tuesday, Microsoft also stepped in and released ActiveX Killbits for its supported operating systems. If you haven't grabbed the patch from ...

Dranzer is an open source tool that developers can use to test code for certain kinds of ActiveX vulnerabilities before releasing software to the public ...