PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

PCWorld reports that Notepad++’s WinGUp update system was compromised between June and December 2025, delivering malware through corrupted executables to targeted users. While the popular text editor ...

TL;DR: Notepad++ was compromised for six months, but it wasn't the software itself which the exploit leveraged, but its hosting provider. An investigation into the attack has just been concluded with ...

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The popular open-source text editor Notepad++ was targeted in a sophisticated supply chain attack that allowed Chinese state-sponsored hackers to deliver malware through compromised software updates, ...

Following the patching of a previously exploited security vulnerability in the update mechanism by a Notepad++ update in December, investigation results on the incidents are now available. According ...

We list the best note-taking apps, to make it simple and easy to make notes at the office, at home, and on the move. Note-taking apps have become increasingly popular, especially with business ...

Microsoft tested the “Create a table” feature with Windows Insiders in November 2025, and now it’s available for everyone on Windows 11. If you own a Copilot+ PC, you will also notice that Notepad can ...

The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility's update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead. "The attack involved [an] ...

Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised Notepad++ update infrastructure at the hosting provider level, not through vulnerabilities in the app's code itself. The espionage campaign ran from June to ...