Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.
Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...
Notepad++ users may have downloaded malware instead of a software update for half of 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed on ...
The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.
Notepad++ has been compromised in a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack. Learn about the security breach, the ...
The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively terminated” by December 2nd. The Notepad++ updater has been updated itself with ...
State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...
The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...
Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are suspected of compromising Notepad++ update infrastructure in a hosting-level breach and selectively infecting users with malware.