Notepad++ upgrade process hacked to install Malware

Mr Jack · Thursday at 14:56

If you're using Notepad++, you probably want to read this before doing any kind of update.

Nigel Kingdon · 2025-12-12T08:57:48+0000

From the Phil Space style article it suggests that the vector has only been seen in Asia?

Mr Jack · 2025-12-12T10:01:33+0000

Nigel Kingdon said:
From the Phil Space style article it suggests that the vector has only been seen in Asia?

So far that seems to be the case, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful about it when upgrading yourself.

rids57 · 2025-12-13T10:24:24+0000

I downloaded the fix update from the official website just to be on the safe side

Devil_Spawn · 2025-12-13T10:59:36+0000

eek, thanks for the heads up

mrk · 2025-12-13T11:11:06+0000

I don't even have the auto updater installed so no beef here lol, manually installed the latest version and kept the auto updater option unticked again. I don't auto update anything, manual only.

winget upgrade --all

ftw.