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>if you updated Notepad+++ anytime between now and 2025 you're computer is compromised

How do we cope with this?
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some people that develop and publish a text editor in the spare time for you to use for free don't have airtight security processes and post mortems? call the police, unacceptable
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IOCs are out now
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/
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>>108042472
by checking the catalog before opening the fifth thread for this shit
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>>108042472
Notepad++ folder
last update: 2015-2016.

Another L for the updoooters camp. (anyone got the meme pic?)
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>>108042472
one of the things that let them deliver payloads this was microshit's warbird lmao.
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>>108042472
shill me your open sauce alternatives /g/
aswell for Obsidian
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>>108042594
geany
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>>108042598
quit livin on dreams
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>>108042594
>shill me your open sauce alternatives /g/
srsl?
well ok. General editors (hard mode) : vim, emacs, also gvim, neovim
General editors: kate. geany is usually weaker imo. Gedit might be most weak (simple re programming).

Good IDEs and still easy to start using: qtcreator - mainly for C/C++. You can make any program in it, also terminal programs, it reads CMake files too (dont have to actually develop with Qt libs nor use qmake despite the name).
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>>108042610
>qtcreator
oh and also - kdevelop.
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>>108042598
looks like it came out of windows 98, neat

>>108042610
and what if i autistically utilized notepadPP for everything? kate seems like a strong contender after all the vims

ty anons
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>>108042472
I'm so curious how many Linux repo mirrors are secretly compromised. I bet it's MANY.
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>>108042594
ed is the standard text editor
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>- Notepad++ suspects it is the Chinese government
>- No evidence provided currently demonstrating why they suspect it was the Chinese government
So the schizo hijacked his own software to make a political statement.
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>>108042472
Who the fuck still uses Notepad++?
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>>108042688
The same people using utorrent. lol
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>>108042688
what's a good alternative that's run by competent people
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Notepad++ is owned by the US government so you were already compromised from since it began
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>>108042570
>anti-update schizos are still trying to brush the april 2025 4chan hack under the rug
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>>108042762
VS Code
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>>108042801
>>anti-update schizos are still trying to brush the april 2025 4chan hack under the rug
when you run a server - then update the last stable. if possible build from sources
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>>108042594
Kate
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>>108042901
He said competent people, not jeets and AI
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How does someone hijack your server and you don't realize for half a year?
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>>108042919
>jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets jeets
I am 100% White European and I'm get tried of this
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>>108042941
Stop replying to ragebait bot posts
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>>108042940
It was only the update release infrastructure, something you setup once and don't look at often unless someone complains about it.
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>>108042472
This is why I block all online functionality in apps that don't really need it. The only thing that should get through your firewall are browsers and OS updates.
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>>108042944
There's nothing ragebait about not wanting to use microslop products.
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>>108042472
>tfw use Helix I build from source for Windows.
Rust bros... we won.
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>>108042472
>haven't updated since 2024
win by doing nothing
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>>108042472
Haven't used that shit since like 2011 and I'm on Manjaro since last year.
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sublGAWDS...!
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>>108042688
Is notepad++ supposed to be obsolete in some manner? Hard mode: don't mention "waah they had update names supporting politics I was told to dislike".
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>>108043108
The fact that the dev sees his program as a platform for political bullshit is a security risk by itself because it shows a level of mental instability attached to something that you're installing on your computer.
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>>108043129
This. It's like eating a sandwich made by a guy whose face is smeared with shit.
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>>108043129
This is only really true when the dev is leftist
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>>108042472
I remember that around October last year someone got access to all my accounts. All of them: banks, social media, Steam, emails, etc. Everything except things with 2FA.

I suspected that my PC was infected so I reinstalled Windows. I had absolutely no weird software on that PC, but I did have an updated version of Notepad++ and I still do.
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>>108042472
Oh no.
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>>108043129
>>108043159
>it's le SECURITY ISSUE because dev supports a sovereign nation that's being invaded
Oh, but I'm sure if the epstein psyop board convinced him to support pootin instead, it would be perfectly fine.
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>>108043159
Well if he was conservative he would still be pro-israel so what difference does it even make? This shit just doesn't belong in a god damn text editor.
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>>108042684
>muh ukraine
>muh china
>muh rich african and bluesky
holy fuck this guy is obsessed with politics
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>>108043177
>Well if he was conservative he would still be pro-israel
Only if he was an amerimutt, in which case that's a separate red flag and you should avoid using american products in general
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>>108042598
geany is absolute dogshit, it's unusable if you've used any modern option like vscode. it's clunky to the extreme and missing every feature under the sun
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>>108042472
>be retard sperging politically in updates
>people don't care and call me stupid
>idea.jpg
>add malware to my releases for a few months
>say it was ze evil chinese who did it
>say only "select individuals" were targetted so people will keep using my crapware
>profit?
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>do a clean install of W10 back in October last year
>download N++ from scoop
>use scoop exclusively to manage my updates, never using the in-built autoupdoot feature from N++
Am I fucked?
I'd rather not halt my work and spend an entire week doing backups/reinstalling my whole system just because this jackass couldn't keep his political opinions to himself.
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>it is those DASTARDLY CHINKS because.... uhhhh
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>>108042472
not my problem
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>>108042940
It was shared hosting infrastructure and it was actually part of the shared infra that was compromised and was chaining incoming requests meant for Notepad++'s update URL to an attacker-controlled system.

There would've been very little signals for Notepad++'s author to have been able to pick up on.
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>>108042472
Why the fuck would you be running an "updater" for a text editor? Is it a reddit thing?
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not my problem, only running n++ on the PC at work (lol)
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>>108043243
>Am I fucked?
No. It was specifically the self-hosted update infrastructure that was compromised.
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>>108042594
Why am alternative to Obsidian? I just recently started using it so genuinely curious.
Notepad++, been a long time user. I rely on its keyboard shortcuts for moving text around, it's column editor, and the many other ways it lets you control text. Also things light marking and highlighting. When I, and probably others, ask for an alternative, it needs to be really damn close.
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>>108042570
you need at least 7.3.3 (released 2017-03-08) where he fixed he CIA hack
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>>108043243
If you trust the lead dev no people were affected, only bugs (his words).
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>>108042472
So is my We are with Ukraine version safe?
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>>108042472
>How do we cope with this?
what do you mean we white man? I haven't updated mine since I installed it in 2020.

what idiot sets his software to automatically update?



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