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

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.

Microsoft fixes a critical Notepad vulnerability in Windows 11 that could allow remote code execution via malicious Markdown files. Here are the details ...

According to Microsoft's release notes, the update fixes 25 elevation of privilege flaws, 12 remote code execution ...

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

There's a remote code execution vulnerability in Notepad which is leveraged via the recently introduced formatting abilities to make tables in the app.

テキストエディター「Notepad++」が2月16日、v8.9.2へとアップデートされた。2025年12月に発覚したセキュリティインシデントを受け、自動アップデート機能に“ダブルロック”のセキュリティ機構が導入されている。

2026年2月のセキュリティアップデートで修正された「メモ帳」アプリの脆弱性「CVE‑2026‑20841」は、最近導入されたMarkdown記法のサポートに原因があったようだ。 Trend Microのセキュリティチーム「Zero Day ...

Notepad++ improves security mechanisms and closes a new vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code.

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The search for a Linux Notepad replacement ends with this unassuming app.

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...