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

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

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

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

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

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

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.

China has banned the popular Notepad replacement software called Notepad++ due to the developer's protests against the political unrest in Hong Kong and China's human rights violations of the Uyghur ...

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.

This post covers the best open-source text editor software for your Windows 11/10 PC. There are several good open-source text editors available for the Windows operating system. Choosing the one that ...