What Is ActiveX? How It Works and Ensures Computer Security

ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.
Forbes

New Browser Syncjacking Attack Gives Hackers Full Device Control

Close up of Google Chrome Web Browser web page on the web browser. Web browsers are the gateway to the internet, used for everything from online banking to social media. However, they also serve as a ...
Network World

Getting a MAC address from a Web browser

Can you get a Web browser’s media access control (MAC) address from a Web server? It would probably be impractical to send an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request. Can you get a Web browser’s ...
Computerworld

RIM releases patch for buggy ActiveX control

Research In Motion Ltd. has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices. The flaw lies in an ActiveX ...
Network World

ActiveX Security…Licence to Kill Bit.

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 ...