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February 2026

Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users

Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users

Ravie LakshmananFeb 02, 2026Threat Intelligence / Malware The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility’s update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead. “The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise… 

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eScan Antivirus Update Servers Compromised to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware

eScan Antivirus Update Servers Compromised to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware

The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a security solution developed by Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been compromised by unknown attackers to deliver a persistent downloader to enterprise and consumer systems. “Malicious updates were… 

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Open VSX Supply Chain Attack Used Compromised Dev Account to Spread GlassWorm

Open VSX Supply Chain Attack Used Compromised Dev Account to Spread GlassWorm

Ravie LakshmananFeb 02, 2026Developer Tools / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a supply chain attack targeting the Open VSX Registry in which unidentified threat actors compromised a legitimate developer’s resources to push malicious… 

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