Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported ...

The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...

State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious downloads since June 2025.

Attackers had specifically delivered malware to systems using the Notepad++ updater. Investigations point to state actors.

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State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six ...

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 ...

Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

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.

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...

Canada Computers warns customers their personal information, including credit card numbers, may have been stolen in a data ...