You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

Even the company’s Notepad app, which once allowed users to jot down notes in plain text, has turned into a bloated, ...

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.

Today is Microsoft' 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 58 flaws, including 6 actively exploited and three publicly ...

Vibe-coding tools - which let people without coding skills create apps using AI - are exploding in popularity.

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported that bad actors were hijacking its update mechanism to redirect traffic to ...

Joe Fenti, a former Big Four consultant, quit his job to become a full-time content creator and makes videos mocking ...

A portrait of the upcoming budget iPhone after the Lunar New Year. The iPhone 17e is expected to feature an upgraded processor and front camera, double the storage capacity, but maintain the same ...

Microsoft has patched six exploited zero-days in February 2026 Patch Tuesday, addressing 58 vulnerabilities and triggering urgent enterprise remediation.

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

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 ...