Microsoft is adding images to Notepad, and users are wondering why

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.

Microsoft: Critical Security Issue Found in Windows Notepad

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...
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Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution

Just months after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, researchers have found the feature can be abused to achieve remote code execution (RCE). Tracked as CVE-2026-20841 (8.8), the ...
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Microsoft confirms 8.8-rated security issue in Windows 11 Notepad due to modernization efforts, Patch Tuesday fix rolling out

Microsoft has confirmed a major Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the modern Notepad app on Windows 11, and the fix is now rolling out as part of the February 2026 Patch Tuesday update. The ...
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13 controversial redactions from the Epstein files — and what we’re learning about them

This has been a big week in the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s because we’ve begun to learn more about the Justice Department’s controversial ...
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Popular text editor Notepad++ was hacked to drop malware

Notepad++, a free open source text and code editor for the Windows operating system, suffered an "infrastructure-level compromise" last year by threat actors seeking to deliver malware to selected ...