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Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

PCWorld reports that Notepad++’s WinGUp update system was compromised between June and December 2025, delivering malware through corrupted executables to targeted users. While the popular text editor ...

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors were likely behind the hijacking of Notepad++ update traffic last year that lasted for almost half a year, the developer states in an official announcement today.

CISA has expanded its KEV catalog with new SolarWinds, Notepad++, and Apple flaws, including two exploited as zero-days.

Security researchers believe that Chinese hackers are to blame for the attack in part because of the "selective" nature of ...