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- A Comparison between Java and ActiveX Security- by David Hopwood ActiveX and Java have both been the subject of press reports describing security bugs in their implementations, but there has been less consideration of the security impact of their different designs. This paper asks the questions: "Would ActiveX or Java be secure if all implementation bugs were fixed?", and if not, "How difficult are the remaining problems to overcome?".
- Java, ActiveX and the Virus Threat-While the Internet has provided a great boon for businesses, it’s also created a wealth of opportunity for the virus writer and other developers with malicious intent. New technologies, such as Java and ActiveX, create fresh environments that hackers can potentially exploit. Luckily, while there has been a lot of press given to potential security problems with these and other Internet technologies, to date there are no documented "in-the-wild" attacks based on Java or ActiveX. All the demonstrations have only been in the lab.
- ActiveX and Java: The Next Virus Carriers?-At the Chaos Computer Club in Hamburg, Germany, a club member puts the finishing touches on a new kind of virus - a virus that can seek out an Internet user’s personal bank account information and actually transfer funds from the account, without a personal identification or transaction number [1]. Science fiction? Unfortunately not.
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