Siemens Warns of Security Risks Associated With Use of ActiveX

guest · Jan 20, 2020

Siemens Warns of Security Risks Associated With Use of ActiveX
January 17, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/siemens-warns-security-risks-associated-use-activex

However, ActiveX has been known to pose serious security risks and it’s currently only supported by Microsoft on Internet Explorer — ActiveX is not supported by other browsers such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox.

Even Microsoft has advised Internet Explorer 11 users not to disable security settings that prevent the downloading and execution of ActiveX controls, unless absolutely necessary. Malicious hackers can abuse ActiveX to collect information about a user, install malware, or take control of a device.
Some of Siemens’ industrial products [...] rely on ActiveX components and customers need to use Internet Explorer to execute these components.

Siemens recommends using a web browser that does not support ActiveX if accessing web pages other than the ones associated with the company’s products.
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