To enable or use the search results window in Notepad++, you can use the Find All feature window. The window is not a feature you toggle on in the settings. It is a results panel that only appears ...

Notepad++ has adopted a “double-lock” design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. The new mechanism landed in Notepad++ ...

Software updates usually keep us safe, but what happens when hackers hijack the update process itself? This is exactly what happened to Notepad++ during a sophisticated attack in 2025. To solve this, ...

Threat actors have started to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products, according to watchTowr.

Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) researchers have discovered that attackers behind the Notepad++ supply chain compromise targeted a government organization in the Philippines, a ...

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked ⁠the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a custom backdoor and other malware to targeted users, ...

Between June and December 2025, a sophisticated supply chain attack targeted the official update system of Notepad++. This incident allowed attackers to deliver spyware to specific users by hijacking ...

When affected users checked for updates inside Notepad++, their requests to getDownloadUrl.php were silently redirected. Instead of receiving legitimate update information, they were sent altered XML ...

Notepad++, a popular text and source code editor, has revealed that its update system was hijacked in a targeted cyberattack. The breach, which is believed to have been carried out by state-sponsored ...

There has been a continuing problem where traffic from WinGUp, an updater for the text editor Notepad++, was being redirected to malicious domains and distributing malware, and it has now been ...

A new cybersecurity report has revealed that hackers exploited the Notepad++ updater to conduct a months-long targeted cyberattack against select users, raising fresh concerns over software ...