Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are suspected of compromising Notepad++ update infrastructure in a hosting-level breach and selectively infecting users with malware.
Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...
High-severity flaw fixed in Windows 11 Notepad ...
The vulnerability comes from the way Notepad handles Markdown hyperlinks. Attackers craft malicious .md files with embedded ...
State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.
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 shared additional details on the supply chain attack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers via a ...
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...
A fresh wave of ransomware activity is being fueled by an uncomfortable mix of software supply-chain risk, rapidly weaponized zero-day ...
The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.
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 ...