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AttackFeed by Joe Wagner | Notepad++ Fixes Hijacked Update Mechanism Used to Deliver Targeted Malware  - The Hacker News

Notepad++ Fixes Hijacked Update Mechanism Used to Deliver Targeted Malware  – The Hacker News

Posted on February 18, 2026 By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
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Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of interest.
The version 8.9.2 update incorporates what maintainer Don Ho calls a “double lock” design that aims to make the update process “robust and effectively unexploitable.” This includes verification  –

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