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 ...
TL;DR: Windows 11's Notepad app has a security flaw rated as a 'high' severity vulnerability, one that allows for remote code execution. The good news is that it's already been patched by Microsoft, ...
The big picture: Microsoft released its latest Patch Tuesday update this week with 59 hotfixes across Windows, Microsoft Office, Azure, and core system components. The update includes patches for six ...
Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump, has said agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be at the polls during November's midterm elections. "You ...
The developer of Notepad++ has reportedly noted that its software update mechanism was covertly hijacked for several months last year, with evidence suggesting the operation was carried out by a ...
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, ...
The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...
A state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised Notepad++'s update service in 2025, according to the project's author.… The admission comes after version 8.8.9 of the text editor was released on December ...
During the investigation, the unnamed hosting provider for notepad-plus-plus.org confirmed that its logs showed signs of a compromise. On Sept. 2, a server update booted the hackers out. However, they ...