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

Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

Notepad++'s updater usually pops up, but users can also prompt it by selecting the "?" dropdown in the taskbar. Christopher ...

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported ...

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State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...

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Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the door A state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised Notepad++'s update service in 2025, according to the project's author.… The ...

Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...