Over the course of nearly 300 posts, Jonathan Bennett set a very high bar for this column, so we knew it needed to be placed in the hands of somebody who could do it justice.

The cybersecurity community is still grappling with a sobering realization: one of the most ubiquitous tools in the developer’s toolkit, Notepad++, was hiding a critical vulnerability for over six ...

To enable or use the search results window in Notepad++, you can use the Find All feature window. The window is not a feature you toggle on in the settings. It is a results panel that only appears ...

As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the ...

The Notepad++ supply chain compromise is the latest proof that sophisticated adversaries are deliberately targeting the gap between two disciplines: Vulnerability management and detection and response ...

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

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 ...

Malicious actors served fake Notepad++ updates via the official site from June to December 2025. Older Notepad++ versions lacked update verification, letting targets get malware—upgrade to v8.9.1.

Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project's author claims makes the "update process robust and ...

Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. is ...

In this week's panel, four ISMG editors examined how cybercriminals may be turning on each other, what security leaders are really saying about machine identities ...

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 ...