Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Notepad++ improves security mechanisms and closes a new vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code.
The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...
Notepad++ 8.9.2 fixes update hijack exploited to deliver malware, patches RCE flaw, and hardens WinGUp security.
Notepad++ targeted in sophisticated supply-chain style attack via compromised hosting server Attackers delivered tainted updates to select victims, exploiting weak update verification controls Breach ...
Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...
The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.