Malicious actors served fake Notepad++ updates via the official site from June to December 2025. Older Notepad++ versions lacked update verification, letting targets get malware—upgrade to v8.9.1.

In light of the recent compromise of Notepad++'s update mechanisms, it is worth examining a common pattern in enterprise environments: the belief that using an application’s internal update mechanisms ...

A likely China-sponsored threat actor hijacked Notepad++'s software update mechanism and quietly redirected targeted users of the popular source code editor to malicious downloads for nearly six ...