Editor's take: Dave Plummer started his programmer's career at Microsoft back in the MS-DOS days. He knows a thing or two about code optimization, which is why he is now trying to strip Notepad of the ...

Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.

A newly identified supply chain attack targeting DAEMON Tools software has compromised its installers to serve a malicious payload, according to findings from Kaspersky. "These installers are ...

Auto Detect Indention Mike Tzou (Chocobo1) https://github.com/Chocobo1/nppAutoDetectIndent 2.3 - arm64 bit Detects indention (tab or spaces) and auto adjust Tab key ...

The Story of Notepad Evolving Too Much and Developing a Weakness When you think of Windows Notepad, it has always been a super simple design that is "lightweight and just for typing text." I was very ...

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 ...

There has been a continuing problem where traffic from WinGUp, an updater for the text editor Notepad++, was being redirected to malicious domains and distributing malware, and it has now been ...

The popular open-source text editor Notepad++ was targeted in a sophisticated supply chain attack that allowed Chinese state-sponsored hackers to deliver malware through compromised software updates, ...

The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility's update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead. "The attack involved [an] ...

PSA: Notepad++ users who haven't yet updated to version 8.8.9 or later should manually download the latest installer as soon as possible. Following reports of malicious activity, a December 2025 ...

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been quietly transforming the classic Notepad app into something very different. A redesigned interface, formatting toolbar, Markdown support, AI features ...