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Recent Notepad++ releases address a vulnerability that has allowed threat actors to hijack the free source code editor’s updater. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported in early December that a ...

PSA: Notepad++ users who haven't yet updated to version 8.8.9 or later should manually download the latest installer as soon as possible. Following reports of malicious activity, a December 2025 ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

Hackers are abusing Notepad++, a popular text and source code editor, to deliver malware. The app’s updater, WinGUp, can be tricked by an attacker-in-the-middle to pull compromised executables from ...