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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

Notepad++ updater installed malware

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Notepad++ updater installed malware

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

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The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on PCs. An update to Notepad++ v8.8.9 corrects this.

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Which requires a malicious network operator or some other kind of DNS poisoning. Not exactly a radical exploit

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