schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoNotepad++ updater installed malwarewww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·edit-21 day agoThis isn’t the first time Notepad++ was compromised, if I recall correctly, the first time was by a CIA backdoor. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v733-fix-cia-hacking-npp-issue/
minus-squareProve_your_argument@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoThat doesn’t really have anything to do with notepad++ in particular though. I don’t think it’s typical for programs to be running checks on the integrity of dll files.
This isn’t the first time Notepad++ was compromised, if I recall correctly, the first time was by a CIA backdoor.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v733-fix-cia-hacking-npp-issue/
That doesn’t really have anything to do with notepad++ in particular though. I don’t think it’s typical for programs to be running checks on the integrity of dll files.