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

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 ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

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

According to a new report Microsoft has finally read the room and is looking at scaling back adding new Copilot AI features ...

GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI’s Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public ...

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

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 ...

You’re likely familiar with a man-in-the-middle attack where an attacker sits between a user and a legitimate service, ...