Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. Introduced almost three decades ago, in 1996, ...

Microsoft has twisted the knife into ActiveX once again, setting Microsoft 365 to disable all controls without so much as a prompt.… The change replaces the previous default setting, "Prompt me before ...

It's been quiet for a while, but ActiveX is still around. Upcoming Microsoft Office versions will finally switch off support. At least almost.

Microsoft 365 is now complete: ActiveX is being turned off ActiveX follows Flash. The risky plug-ins will soon no longer work by default in Microsoft 365 apps.

Microsoft has revealed ActiveX will be disabled by default in Microsoft 365 starting this month, citing security as the company’s key deciding factor.

In context: Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996 during Windows 95 days. So, in technological terms, it's ancient. Redmond designed it as a developer framework, allowing users to embed interactive ...

An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in Microsoft's software An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has ...