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Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.

Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but ...

A software update mechanism for the popular text editor Notepad++ was hijacked by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers, allowing them to silently redirect some users to malicious update servers, ...

Notepad++ has confirmed it was the victim of a highly targeted and sophisticated cyberattack, most likely conducted by a ...

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

A new cybersecurity report has revealed that hackers exploited the Notepad++ updater to conduct a months-long targeted ...

Don Ho, the developer of Notepad++, says 'malicious actors' had targeted the update process for 'certain targeted users' beginning in June 2025 ...

Notepad++ says its update system was reportedly hijacked for months in a targeted cyber campaign linked to suspected Chinese ...

Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called ...

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