Mermaid, the open source diagramming and charting tool, has long been popular with developers for its ability to create diagrams using a Markdown-like language. As is often the case, Mermaid founder ...

A now patched flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot let attackers turn its diagram tool, Mermaid, into a data exfiltration channel–fetching and encoding emails through hidden instructions in Office documents.

As a visual thinker, I love a good diagram, especially mind maps and flowcharts. They allowed me to gain an overview of all the details, draw connections, summarize information, and identify problems.