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

AI-related changes to Notepad allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on your computer. The vulnerability was related to ...

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

The flaw exploits Notepad’s recently added support for Markdown, a formatting language used on websites and in files, to run malicious code on a Windows PC.

If you have accounts on any of these services, now's a good time to check your security settings. Plus more from a busy week ...

Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update infrastructure was compromised for nearly six months. Developers say suspected China ...

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 ...

I hope state Auditor Diana DiZoglio will be digging a lot deeper into Massport’s shady history of payoffs to their hack employees than this single $1.375-million “settlement” from 2022. Taxpayers need ...

Prominent crime forum BreachForums has suffered a new and possibly fatal blow to its reputation after the revelation that a database of thousands of criminals using it was stolen months ago. News of ...

Eva Mendes did Christmas in style. Sharing two selfies after the holiday, she “survived being Santa Mama,” adding, “I was hurting all of Xmas day – but I did it!” The mom of two with partner Ryan ...

This year has had no shortage of alarming Chinese espionage efforts targeting the United States that were uncovered by government officials. 2025 saw the conviction of a former active-duty military ...