Microsoft has announced that ActiveX support will be switched off by default with the next Microsoft Office versions. This means that the end of ActiveX components, which are considered to be ...

When Microsoft Office 2024 launches in October, ActiveX will be turned off by default, according to Bleeping Computer. The change affects desktop versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Visio, and ...

Microsoft is frequently lambasted over flaws found in its most popular enterprise wares. A post today on the Microsoft Research & Defense blog explained why Office has become a hacker favorite … ...

Microsoft Office has supported ActiveX for years as an option for extending and automating documents, but it has also been a significant security vulnerability. Microsoft is finally starting to turn ...

Three of the critical vulnerabilities Microsoft patched Tuesday were first reported to the company two years ago, according to the security firm that alerted Microsoft of the flaws. Three of the ...