Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoNotepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackersnotepad-plus-plus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkNotepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackersnotepad-plus-plus.orgBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSnazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 hours agoWhat was the latest version before June 2025?
minus-squarepez@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoLooks like 8.8.1 was May 2025 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v881-we-are-with-ukraine/ 8.8.2 was June 2025 and has a warning to ignore “false positives” of malware in the update… Ouch. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/8.8.2-available-in-1-week-without-certificate/
minus-squareAceBonobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYou might have version 8.8.1 or lower, however it might have tried to order update got the vulnerable package instead and then remained on the older version. I think even if you have the older version that’s not a sign that you weren’t compromised.
What was the latest version before June 2025?
Looks like 8.8.1 was May 2025 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v881-we-are-with-ukraine/
8.8.2 was June 2025 and has a warning to ignore “false positives” of malware in the update… Ouch. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/8.8.2-available-in-1-week-without-certificate/
You might have version 8.8.1 or lower, however it might have tried to order update got the vulnerable package instead and then remained on the older version. I think even if you have the older version that’s not a sign that you weren’t compromised.