State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively terminated” by December 2nd. The Notepad++ updater has been updated itself with ...

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.

Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

Microsoft emphasizes that these AI features are entirely optional and can be turned off in Notepad’s settings. This Windows ...

Microsoft isn't done adding new AI tools and features to its legacy apps like Paint, and the latest lets users create Coloring Book-style images.

If your New Year resolves to finally conquer the clutter, you’re not alone. Organizing is one of my favorite pastimes, which ...

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, "if you do want the page indexed, don't use a noindex ...

In context: Microsoft is going in some very wild directions with Windows development, with Notepad being one of the most outstanding guinea pigs in AI and design experimentations. Notepad now has the ...

It's safe to say that AI chatbots are here to stay, especially now that they're being built into web browsers. If you're a Google Chrome user, you may have heard that Gemini, Google's AI platform, is ...