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New GigaWiper Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware

📅 9 July 2026 at 18:08 UTC📰 The Hacker NewsView original source ↗
New GigaWiper Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware

Microsoft has taken apart a destructive Windows backdoor it calls GigaWiper. What stands out is how it is built: not one tool but three older destructive programs bolted into one, offered as commands the operator can choose from. Each is a different way to break a machine: wipe the whole disk, overwrite the Windows drive, or run fake "ransomware" that scrambles files with a key it never saves

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