Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...
Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...
Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...
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 ...
Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled ...
The app’s servers were compromised from June through December 2025. The app’s servers were compromised from June through December 2025. is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie ...
A likely China-sponsored threat actor hijacked Notepad++'s software update mechanism and quietly redirected targeted users of the popular source code editor to malicious downloads for nearly six ...
Following the patching of a previously exploited security vulnerability in the update mechanism by a Notepad++ update in December, investigation results on the incidents are now available. According ...
Notepad++, a free open source text and code editor for the Windows operating system, suffered an "infrastructure-level compromise" last year by threat actors seeking to deliver malware to selected ...
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