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

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

Notepad++ users faced a serious threat as Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised update servers for half of 2025, ...

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

Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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