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 ...