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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Feb. 2 published details on a critical vulnerability that impacted Notepad++, a free, open-source text and source code program widely used by several ...

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Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.

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