Microsoft Office 2024, the latest version of the company's productivity apps, will be released later this year. In addition to new features, the suite will include various changes, improvements, and ...

Earlier this week we learned of a Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild by loading it through ActiveX in Microsoft Excel. The real news--the Flash vulnerability--was almost overshadowed by ...

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 … ...

At times, you might not want to prevent macros, ActiveX control, data connections, etc., from running in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation. If so, you can disable or turn ...

I'm having the stupidest problem with Excel 2000 and it's making me crazy. <BR><BR>Every fresh install I do of Office 2000 results in Excel being unable to properly use ActiveX controls. If someone ...

A group of security experts publishes a report filled with tips on how individuals and organizations can reduce security risks in Microsoft's Internet Explorer when using ActiveX controls. A group of ...

A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser has some security experts, including those at US-CERT, recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls.

Microsoft issued a warning Monday about targeted attacks attempting to exploit a bug in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in its Access database management application. The ActiveX control ...