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

[SOURCE] The Hacker News [DATE: 09/07/2026 18:08] [LANGUAGE: EN]
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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