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

It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider disagree on the exact timings), a shared hosting server was compromised, ...

Notepad++ users faced a serious threat as Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised update servers for half of 2025, ...

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 ...

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a ​custom backdoor and other malware to targeted users, ...

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AI coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can now work on software projects for hours at a time, writing complete apps, running tests, and fixing bugs with human supervision. But these tools ...

Microsoft is toeing the line in Trump’s America. Microsoft is toeing the line in Trump’s America. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...

Start with simple prompts: Type a comment like # create a function to add two numbers and let Copilot generate the code. Use comments to guide the AI: The more specific your comment, the better the ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

Vibe coding means asking AI to code an app or webpage based on simple language prompts. The practice helps non-programmers create an app without writing a line of code. The four steps to vibe coding ...

Although capable of reducing trivial mistakes, AI coding copilots leave enterprises at risk of increased insecure coding patterns, exposed secrets, and cloud misconfigurations, research reveals. The ...