Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...
Notepad++ says its update system was reportedly hijacked for months in a targeted cyber campaign linked to suspected Chinese ...
State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious ...
The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...
Attackers had specifically delivered malware to systems using the Notepad++ updater. Investigations point to state actors.
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...
The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...
The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the ...