The nonprofit that oversees Wikipedia briefly enforced a 'read-only' mode on Thursday morning as users spotted code designed to delete articles and place Russian text in the edit summary.

The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages and modifying user scripts across multiple wikis.

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Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. Image: Microsoft. Notepad has long been Windows’ quiet utility ...

Microsoft patches Windows 11 Notepad RCE flaw CVE-2026-20841 Vulnerability exploited Markdown links to execute malicious code with user permissions Patch Tuesday update fixes issue; versions 11.2510 ...

PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

The big picture: Microsoft released its latest Patch Tuesday update this week with 59 hotfixes across Windows, Microsoft Office, Azure, and core system components. The update includes patches for six ...

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Streamer Lacari has been banned from Twitch and Kick after displaying a notepad window with a link to explicit and illegal files. The content creator made headlines on January 22, 2026, when videos ...

Twitch streamer Lacari has garnered attention on social media after he appeared to look through a notepad window on his PC, which contained a link to a supposed website containing illegal adult ...

Check it out, you can now create tables using Markdown in Notepad, and here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Windows 11, ...

CoPilot+ PC owners have a new perk in the pipeline. Your AI PC will soon perform Notepad's AI writing features on-device — no subscription required. The app's summarize, write and rewrite options were ...