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

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

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

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

Notepad++ has shared additional details on the supply chain attack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers via a ...

State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...

Notepad++ has been compromised in a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack. Learn about the security breach, the ...

In an alarming revelation, the popular text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that its update service was compromised in a targeted attack linked to state-sponsored cybercriminals. This incident sheds ...

Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.

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

This week’s cyber recap covers AI risks, supply-chain attacks, major breaches, DDoS spikes, and critical vulnerabilities security teams must track.