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3 days agoVulnerability in Notepad++ updater exploited for malware
A security vulnerability in the Notepad++ update mechanism has been exploited to spread malicious code. What began as a report within the Notepad++ community at the end of October was later confirmed to be a structural weakness in the updater. Analysis by BleepingComputer shows that attackers were able to execute malware via this mechanism. Notepad++ has since released a fix in version 8.8.9.
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