Security A security researcher has published today details and proof-of-concept code for an Internet Explorer zero-day that can allow hackers to steal files from Windows systems.

Even if you never open Internet Explorer, a newly discovered Windows security flaw found that hackers can use the old web browser to steal your data.

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body. The vote could make it easier for users and vendors to justify supporting both Open XML and ...

That's what Microsoft has managed to do with Open XML, the format of the new Office 2007 program. Geneva-based ECMA has approved Open XML as a international data standard, AP reports.

More than a billion PCs have Internet Explorer on them, and a new security flaw lets hackers spy on you and steal your data -- even if you never use the outdated web browser.

Internet Explorer has a long history of poor security and now a new exploit that takes advantage of the browser has been brought to light.