The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...

Notepad++ is a terrific Windows notepad replacement, but just like any application, it sometimes has a problem and no longer starts properly. If you find that Notepad++ is crashing when you start it, ...

You can install Notepad++ on Linux using an unofficial Snap package with the command "sudo snap install notepad-plus-plus". The Snap package uses the Wine ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

On MacOS, there's a wealth of beautifully elegant and powerful text editors to choose from. On Windows, there's Notepad++. And now, on MacOS, there's… Notepad++! Notepad++ is now available as a native ...

Don Ho, the developer of Notepad++, says 'malicious actors' had targeted the update process for 'certain targeted users' beginning in June 2025 A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long ...

As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting. It was created in ...

Did you know that it is possible to install plugins with Notepad++? If you didn’t, well, now you know. It’s a neat feature that sets the tool apart from the default Notepad program found in Windows 11 ...

Notepad is the default text editor found in Windows computers. Every .txt file is configured to open directly in Notepad. It has paved the way for text editors over quite some time now, in which ...

China has banned the popular Notepad replacement software called Notepad++ due to the developer's protests against the political unrest in Hong Kong and China's human rights violations of the Uyghur ...

Notepad++ update process hijacked for targeted cyberespionage Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 links attack to Chinese group Lotus Blossom China denies involvement, citing lack of evidence Feb 2 (Reuters) - ...