A SecurityFocus Online article discusses a QuickTime Buffer Overrun problem that could result in a security vulnerability: “A vulnerability has been reported in the Apple Quicktime ActiveX component ...

A server-side software module constructed as an ActiveX component that is stored on a Windows client/server system or a Windows website. On a website, ActiveX Server Components can be called from ...

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 ...

Microsoft on Monday pointed developers to two security guides to help companies create and use more secure software components after a number of critics took the company to task for common flaws in ...

Java, JavaScript, and ActiveX components are often overlooked as potential threats to a Web site. These are client-side scripts and components, which run on the computer of a visitor to your site.

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 ...

And lest anyone claim that ActiveX is unique in being a plugin that enables huge security holes, look at what's going on with GreaseMonkey (a plugin for Firefox). It has a hole that allows pages to ...