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

Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally.

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

Twitch streamer "Lacari" opened Notepad while live, not realizing that the new version saves your previous session. Oh boy.

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.

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Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...