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RSS activexMicrosoft Office, Windows get critical flaw fixes in latest patch batch
News Symantec senior research manager Ben Greenbaum noted that many of the vulnerabilities this month related to so-called ActiveX controls and added that many of the holes could be exploited just by getting a user to visit a... [12 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Microsoft released an emergency patch on Tuesday to protect Internet Explorer users from a hole in technology used to build ActiveX controls and other web application components that has been targeted in attacks. [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft: Security patches are beating malware in race to users
News Meanwhile, Microsoft has yet to plug a critical ActiveX hole in Office that it warned two weeks ago attackers were exploiting to take control of PCs by luring Internet Explorer users to malicious websites. [28 Jul 2009]
Oracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News Oracle's update arrived on the same day as patches from Microsoft fixing critical vulnerabilities in DirectShow and Video ActiveX that had been targeted in attacks, as well as holes in Embedded OpenType Font Engine and... [16 Jul 2009]
Critical ActiveX Office hole under attack, warns Microsoft
News Attackers are exploiting a new critical ActiveX hole in Microsoft Office to take control of PCs by luring Internet Explorer users to malicious websites, Microsoft said on Monday. The zero-day hole, the third one... [14 Jul 2009]
Microsoft DirectX gets fix in Patch Tuesday
News Earlier this week, Microsoft warned of attacks being launched that exploit a hole in the Video ActiveX Control when used in Internet Explorer for recording and playing video in DirectShow. The ActiveX... [10 Jul 2009]
Windows Video ActiveX Control at risk from flaw
News Microsoft on Monday warned of a vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control that could allow an attacker to take control of a PC if the user visits a malicious website. Since there are no by-design uses for the... [07 Jul 2009]
Unraveling Web Malware
White Paper Security researchers and IT administrators have recently witnessed a rapid rise in the use of Web-based blended threats-for example, dangerous (and potentially obfuscated) JavaScript and ActiveX code-to exploit client... [20 Jun 2009]
Porn site goes on Mac attack
News Sophos explained in a blog post on Thursday that visitors to the malicious porn site are told they have to download an ActiveX component to view the videos. Security experts have discovered two new attacks targeting Mac... [12 Jun 2009]
Adobe Flash Player 10 Administration Guide
White Paper In its most popular form, it is embedded in a web browser as a plug-in or an ActiveX control. Flash Player is the software that allows computers to play multimedia content contained in SWF (pronounced "Swiff ") files,... [29 May 2009]
Steps Involved in Exploiting a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Using a SEH Handler
White Paper The exploit uses an Activex control (XXXXX.dll) having buffer overflow vulnerability as a sample application, using this they can test out remote buffer overflow exploit. The only tools they need here are COMRaider, a... [16 May 2009]
Do You Think That You Know How to Deliver Reports Over the Web?: Think Again!
White Paper The only way to provide all these features in a web browser is to implement such software components as ActiveX or Java Applet into the page. It's amazing but although reports are the essential part of any business... [14 Mar 2009]
Microsoft Labcast On-Demand: Dynamics CRM 4.0
White Paper Please Note: This Labcast works only in Microsoft Internet Explorer with ActiveX Controls enabled Microsoft Dynamics? CRM 4.0 is a fully integrated customer relationship management (CRM) system that enables you to... [27 Feb 2009]
MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Workflow Development and Modifications (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter also covers how to use the Contact Selector, an ActiveX control included with SharePoint Server 2007, to select users in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms. The presenter of this webcast explains the... [31 Dec 2008]
Photos: Top 10 alternatives to Internet Explorer
Photo Like Maxthon, Avant allows users to cut out the bits of websites they don't like, like Flash animations, sounds or ActiveX components. So, you've been together a long time but your head's being turned by what else is out... [23 Oct 2008]
