Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ...

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

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 ...

CISA has expanded its KEV catalog with new SolarWinds, Notepad++, and Apple flaws, including two exploited as zero-days.

Notepad++ 8.9.2 fixes update hijack exploited to deliver malware, patches RCE flaw, and hardens WinGUp security.

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.

A likely China-sponsored threat actor hijacked Notepad++'s software update mechanism and quietly redirected targeted users of the popular source code editor to malicious downloads for nearly six ...

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked ⁠the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a custom backdoor and other malware to targeted users, ...

Notepad++ update process hijacked for targeted cyberespionage Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 links attack to Chinese group Lotus Blossom China denies involvement, citing lack of evidence Feb 2 (Reuters) - ...

Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.