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Jul. 10, 2026

Microsoft uncovers GigaWiper, a backdoor designed for destruction on demand

Microsoft uncovers GigaWiper, a backdoor designed for destruction on demand

These integrations show up in the form of separate commands that the backdoor supports. One command performs raw physical disk wiping by overwriting drives and removing partition metadata. Another borrows from the Crucio ransomware family,... Read more.

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