State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six ...

It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider disagree on the exact timings), a shared hosting server was compromised, ...

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

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The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in our personal lives. Guildford lost the confidence ...

Experts uncovered a new Osiris ransomware strain that used a custom POORTRY driver in a BYOVD attack to disable security tools & steal data in 2025.

In new versions of Notepad and Paint for Windows Insiders, Microsoft is adding more AI features. Notepad is learning more Markdown.

If your New Year resolves to finally conquer the clutter, you’re not alone. Organizing is one of my favorite pastimes, which ...