This post covers the best open-source text editor software for your Windows 11/10 PC. There are several good open-source text editors available for the Windows operating system. Choosing the one that ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...

Notepad++ released a security patch to reinforce its update process with a “double-lock” design after a sophisticated cyberattack exploited its auto-updater.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. The developer of the popular Windows app Notepad++ has ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...