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Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package

ID: 0f15d24e-2ae0-5b69-b7ae-11bc3dcb4da1

STIX ID: report--0f15d24e-2ae0-5b69-b7ae-11bc3dcb4da1

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-07-10

Date Updated: 2026-07-23

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Microsoft researchers identified GigaWiper, a Golang-based modular Windows backdoor that consolidates components from at least three malware families — including a disk wiper, a reimplementation of FlockWiper, and Crucio-like ransomware — into a single tool providing raw-disk wiping, unrecoverable file encryption, RabbitMQ/Redis C2 communications, system persistence, credential/asset exfiltration, screen recording, remote control, and other destructive management commands.

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