Microsoft Just Patched a Major Security Vulnerability for This Popular Windows App
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AI-related changes to Notepad—yes, that Notepad—allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on your computer. The vulnerability was related to Markdown support, which was added last year. Markdown is a simple way to add formatting, including links, to plaintext documents—and links were the source of the vulnerability. “An attacker could trick a user into clicking a […]