PSA: Notepad++ users who haven't yet updated to version 8.8.9 or later should manually download the latest installer as soon as possible. Following reports of malicious activity, a December 2025 ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

This is not a drill! The makers of the popular text editor Notepad++ are warning that the Notepad++ updater, which goes by the name WinGUp, links to malware servers. This is a case of traffic ...

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

Hackers are abusing Notepad++, a popular text and source code editor, to deliver malware. The app’s updater, WinGUp, can be tricked by an attacker-in-the-middle to pull compromised executables from ...

"Infostealers" have transformed from niche threats into the backbone of modern cybercrime, fueling a $4.88 million average breach cost in 2024. In this article we synthesize the latest threat ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java Scanner class is a simple, versatile, easy-to-use class that makes user input in Java ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any ...

Windows Notepad is great for whenever you need somewhere to paste text copied from a website or to jot down your grocery list. But if you're writing or editing source code, you're better off switching ...

Java 23, now generally available, includes previews of module import declarations, stream gatherers, structured concurrency, scoped values, and a class-file API. And much more. Java Development Kit ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. The developer of the popular Windows app Notepad++ has ...

The Notepad++ project is seeking the public's help in taking down a copycat website that closely impersonates Notepad++ but is not affiliated with the project. Although, at the time of writing, the ...