Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a ...

Notepad++ 8.9.2 fixes update hijack exploited to deliver malware, patches RCE flaw, and hardens WinGUp security.

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

February's line-up of games for the PlayStation Plus catalog have leaked online, and include a major PS5 blockbuster.

There has been a continuing problem where traffic from WinGUp, an updater for the text editor Notepad++, was being redirected to malicious domains and distributing malware, and it has now been ...

Beginning in June 2025, threat actors compromised the infrastructure Notepad++ uses to distribute software updates. The issue has been addressed and Notepad++ have released 8.9.1 which now includes ...

The app’s servers were compromised from June through December 2025. The app’s servers were compromised from June through December 2025. is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie ...

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is likely to have involved a Chinese state-sponsored group.

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