Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...
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 ...
A state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised Notepad++'s update service in 2025, according to the project's author.… The admission comes after version 8.8.9 of the text editor was released on December ...
The powerful and popular open-source text editor Notepad++ made headlines in early December, as attackers in Southeast Asia were specifically injecting malware to victims, partly due to the use of ...
Chinese state-sponsored threat actors were likely behind the hijacking of Notepad++ update traffic last year that lasted for almost half a year, the developer states in an official announcement today.
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