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. The ...

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...

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Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

Windows 11 Notepad got AI bloat and lost the simple, no-frills note app that users loved. Legacy Notepad restores that calm, lightweight, familiar UI and uses fewer resources than Microsoft's. It ...

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 ...

A conversation about staying resilient in the face of upheaval. Difficult change is an inevitable part of life, but few of us have the skills and mindset to handle it well. That can trickle into our ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...

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 ...

A months-long supply chain attack that affected the Notepad++ update process has been linked to a compromise of shared hosting infrastructure rather than a flaw in the software's code. This according ...

Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled ...