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

lowthehackernewsPublished 2026-07-09

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

Original source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-gigawiper-windows-backdoor-bundles.html