Microsoft has patched a severe security vulnerability tied to Notepad's Markdown feature. Here's what you need to know to remain safe.
You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.
The flaw exploits Notepad’s recently added support for Markdown, a formatting language used on websites and in files, to run malicious code on a Windows PC.
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Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.
Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.
State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.
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 program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Today, in a post titled "Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers," Notepad++ confirmed the app had fallen victim to miscreants.