Notepad++ improves security mechanisms and closes a new vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code.

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...

Notepad++ 8.9.2 fixes update hijack exploited to deliver malware, patches RCE flaw, and hardens WinGUp security.

Users could be tricked into running arbitrary code, but the issue was patched last week.

Why can't it just be a basic text editor?!

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

Notepad has quietly evolved over the past few years, and image support could mark its biggest shift yet, especially after Microsoft removed WordPad from Windows and left a gap for richer editing.

A command injection flaw in the Windows Notepad App now gives remote attackers a path to execute code over a network, turning ...

NotebookLM’s slide deck update adds prompt-based slide revisions and PPTX export, so you can refine a deck without rebuilding it, then move it into PowerPoint for speaker notes, templates, and final ...

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

I don’t use a massive IDE. These three lightweight tools handle writing, version control, and validation on every HTML ...