State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

This week’s cyber recap covers AI risks, supply-chain attacks, major breaches, DDoS spikes, and critical vulnerabilities security teams must track.

The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.

If you have accounts on any of these services, now's a good time to check your security settings. Plus more from a busy week ...

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively terminated” by December 2nd. The Notepad++ updater has been updated itself with ...

Notepad++ users faced a serious threat as Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised update servers for half of 2025, ...

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.

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Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported ...

Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

A fresh wave of ransomware activity is being fueled by an uncomfortable mix of software supply-chain risk, rapidly weaponized zero-day ...