The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...

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

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

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++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group named Lotus Blossom hijacked the update process of Notepad++ to target specific users. Gaining access in June 2025, they maintained control until December that ...

The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the ...

The popular open source AI assistant (aka ClawdBot, MoltBot) has taken off, raising security concerns over its privileged ...

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