Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...
Notepad++ 8.9.2 fixes update hijack exploited to deliver malware, patches RCE flaw, and hardens WinGUp security.
The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author.
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a ...
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.
Notepad++ has been compromised in a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack. Learn about the security breach, the ...
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.
Security researchers believe that Chinese hackers are to blame for the attack in part because of the "selective" nature of ...
Notepad++ released a security patch to reinforce its update process with a “double-lock” design after a sophisticated ...