Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

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

Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...
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Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'

Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project's author claims makes the "update process robust and ...
PC Magazine

Chinese Hackers Hit Notepad++ to Serve Malicious Update

If you use Notepad++, it's time to update. Hackers compromised the free text and coding editor to distribute a malicious update via the auto-update function. Notepad++ developer Don Ho detected the ...