Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...

Notepad++ released a security patch to reinforce its update process with a “double-lock” design after a sophisticated ...

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author.

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

Worried about the Notepad++ supply chain attack? Notepad++ 8.9.2 adds "Double-Lock" security to stop malware hijacking.

Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.

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.