Notepad, one of the oldest and most reliable apps in the Windows ecosystem, has been undergoing some big changes during the Copilot AI era. Unfortunately, one of its new features was prone to a ...

Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into executing malicious JavaScript in their browser, allowing attackers to ...

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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 ...

Microsoft patches Windows 11 Notepad RCE flaw CVE-2026-20841 Vulnerability exploited Markdown links to execute malicious code with user permissions Patch Tuesday update fixes issue; versions 11.2510 ...

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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 ...

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At the risk of going into old-man-yells-at-cloud mode, I remember when Notepad was the most basic text editor around. Some coders and writers liked the program—which comes included in every single ...

Windows Notepad has changed a lot over the years. Microsoft has added tabs, Markdown support, bold and italic text, links, Copilot integration, and more recently, tables. The next addition will be ...

Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...