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Notepad++ Hosting Breach Attributed to China-Linked Lotus Blossom Hacking Group

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...

Notepad++ updates got hijacked for months and could have spied for China

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...

Notepad++ was hijacked by bad actors in 2025. Here's what you need to know.

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

Chinese Hackers Hit Notepad++ to Serve Malicious Update

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

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 ...

How to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.
GameSpot

Borderlands 4 Shift Codes: All Active Keys And How To Redeem Them

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Borderlands games are all about chasing down rare loot, and for Borderlands 4, players can once again expect to plug in some Shift codes to grab an ...
The New York Times

I Study Friendship. Here’s How You Make Lasting Friends.

Ms. McCabe is the author of “Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends.” When people find that they are having a hard time making new friends, they often blame their own awkwardness — some failure on their ...
CNBC

From carpark office to $25B porfolio: How Link REIT became a real estate giant

On this episode of Managing Asia, retiring Link Asset Management’s Group CEO George Hongchoy opens up about the risks, tough calls and bold bets that helped reshape one of Asia’s largest real estate ...
Sports Illustrated

Here's How the 6–7–1 Cowboys Can Still Make the Playoffs

For a moment, the 2025 Cowboys looked like they were ready to pull off a miracle. After starting the year 3–5–1, the Cowboys rallied to win three straight games in November, including back-to-back ...
PC World

Oh no! Hackers snuck malware inside uber-popular Windows app Notepad++

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 ...
TechCrunch

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...