CVE-2026-20841: Windows Notepad RCE Vulnerability Weaponized with Public PoC Exploit

    A high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft’s modern Windows Notepad application has been patched as part of the February 2026 Patch Tuesday release—but security researchers have already published a working proof-of-concept exploit on GitHub, raising concerns about active exploitation in the wild. The Vulnerability: Command Injection via Markdown Rendering Tracked as CVE-2026-20841, the…

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    Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer

    Read Article Since mid-November 2023, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed threat actors, including financially motivated actors like Storm-0569, Storm-1113, Sangria Tempest, and Storm-1674, utilizing the ms-appinstaller URI scheme (App Installer) to distribute malware. In addition to ensuring that customers are protected from observed attacker activity, Microsoft investigated the use of App Installer in these attacks. In response to this…

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