If you have accounts on any of these services, now's a good time to check your security settings. Plus more from a busy week in cybersecurity chaos.

Abstract: Phishing is a major online security issue where attackers trick individuals into revealing sensitive data by creating fake websites. Such attacks are most common in financial and e-commerce ...

Learn how to remove Copilot from Windows 11, including Edge, Search, Photos, Notepad, File Explorer, Paint, and other ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are easy to set up—but thanks to a legal loophole, they're easier for law enforcement to bypass than a passcode.

Notepad++ users may have downloaded malware instead of a software update for half of 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed on ...

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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 ...

State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...

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

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

Microsoft Paint Can Now Create AI-Generated Colouring Books, Notepad Updated With New Markdown Features Microsoft said Colouring Book in Paint is an AI-powered feature that lets users create colouring ...