With the rise of AI coding assistants continuing apparently unabated, some project maintainers have begun striking back. Ars Technica reports on projects putting hostile directions into the ...

Notepad++ is a powerful text editor that is widely used by programmers and developers on the Windows platform. It is popular because of its many useful features, including syntax highlighting, code ...

Two flaws in the widely used open-source editor can be triggered through manipulated configuration files, prompting security updates from the project's maintainers. Two arbitrary code execution ...

Users must update to version 8.9.6.1. Don Ho, creator and maintainer of Notepad++, fixed three vulnerabilities in version 8.9.6.1. Two of them allow attackers to tamper with the text editor’s ...

Partially high-risk security vulnerabilities in the powerful text editor Notepad++ allow attackers to inject malware and commands.

Downloading executable installer files from random websites is the best way to put malware on your Windows PC. Stop doing ...

Last month, we reported about the arrival of an unofficial open-source community port of the popular Windows Notepad++ coding editor on the macOS platform. Now comes news that the macOS version of the ...

Notepad++ is used by developers primarily for editing source code and by casual users to edit text. However, downloading and Installing the app on your system if you just upgraded to Windows 11 may be ...

Last week, it looked like Windows-based text editor NotePad++ had finally arrived on macOS. But it turns out the Mac version is an unauthorized copy of the original. The developer of NotePad++, Don Ho ...

The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.

I’m not a devoted user of the app, but I was aware of its history, which is why I was surprised to see news of a “Notepad++ for Mac” port making the rounds last week, as though it were a port of the ...