Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

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 ...

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

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Rapid7 dropped a write-up on the Notepad++ update-chain abuse and - finally - it comes with real IOCs - update.exe downloaded ...

Notepad has lately fallen out of favor with a lot of Windows users. I stumbled on a new open-source alternative that you ...

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

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

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

Everybody is joking how Microsoft needs to stop "vibecoding Windows." But is all of that just a joke from unhappy users, or ...