{"id":1639583,"date":"2026-07-20T10:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/h5k7NWMomGenCTVw2UYY46"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:42:51","slug":"meet-gigawiper-a-tricksy-new-malware-that-can-wipe-your-pcs-storage-drives-squeaky-clean-and-spy-on-your-desktop-all-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/meet-gigawiper-a-tricksy-new-malware-that-can-wipe-your-pcs-storage-drives-squeaky-clean-and-spy-on-your-desktop-all-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC&#8217;s storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I run a single SSD gaming PC, which I&#8217;m aware is giving me a wonderful case of &#8216;single-point-of-failure-itus.&#8217; Which is why my ears (eyes?) perked up when I read about GigaWiper, a wonderfully-named malware that can potentially do terrible things to your storage drives.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2026\/07\/09\/gigawiper-anatomy-of-a-destructive-backdoor-assembled-from-multiple-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">an analysis<\/a> into GigaWiper&#8217;s capabilities, and it looks to be a multi-faceted, tricksy piece of malware with a pretty unique USP (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2026\/07\/this-new-windows-malware-can-take-over-your-pc-and-wipe-it-clean\" target=\"_blank\">MalwareBytes<\/a>). It appears to be the result of several malware families stitched together, and is capable of wiping your drives at the physical disk level, &#8220;overwriting raw disk content and removing partition metadata.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The nasty little beastie has several ways to irreversibly destroy your data. There&#8217;s a Windows drive secure wiper for starters, which targets an installation and performs multiple overwrites using different byte patterns, making the original data virtually impossible to retrieve.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-XpoJbO\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/XpoJbO.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another method identifies physical disk drives, confirms which drive contains a Windows installation, removes the partition references from your other drives, overwrites the raw disk content with randomized data, and reboots your system for good measure. <\/p>\n<p>Keep your fork, there&#8217;s more. Another Crucio-based wiper imitates traditional ransomware, but instead of demanding payment, encrypts your files and then &#8220;throws away the encryption key&#8221; instead, according to MalwareBytes. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1024px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"DynonQrXiuN2b4oy9y8R3f\" name=\"malware.jpg\" alt=\"Malware\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/meet-gigawiper-a-tricksy-new-malware-that-can-wipe-your-pcs-storage-drives-squeaky-clean-and-spy-on-your-desktop-all-at-once.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Pixabay (Elchinator))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GigaWiper&#8217;s all-in-one approach also means it&#8217;s capable of capturing your screen, streaming your desktop, and allowing remote control of your machine via an outside TCP server, all while hiding itself under the cover of a scheduled OneDrive task. Jolly good. <\/p>\n<p>The good news for us home PC users is that GigaWiper seems to be targeted towards organisations rather than individual machines, and can only operate after breaching a PC in the first place\u2014so the usual &#8220;keep your security software updated&#8221; advice should be enough for the majority.<\/p>\n<p>For sysadmins, though, Microsoft recommends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2026\/07\/09\/gigawiper-anatomy-of-a-destructive-backdoor-assembled-from-multiple-malware\/#:~:text=destroy%20infected%20systems.-,Defending%20against%20destructive%20threats,-To%20harden%20networks\" target=\"_blank\">multiple network-hardening methods<\/a> (including &#8220;tenant-wide tamper protection&#8221;) to stop breaches before they occur. This is one piece of Malware you really don&#8217;t want running rampant through your IT infrastructure, so I&#8217;d take this as yet another reason to have a thorough review of your security practices.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/security\/meet-gigawiper-a-tricksy-new-malware-that-can-wipe-your-pcs-storage-drives-squeaky-clean-and-spy-on-your-desktop-all-at-once\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I run a single SSD gaming PC, which I&#8217;m aware is giving me a wonderful case of &#8216;single-point-of-failure-itus.&#8217; Which is why my ears (eyes?) perked up when I read about GigaWiper, a wonderfully-named malware that can potentially do terrible things to your storage drives. Microsoft has published an analysis into GigaWiper&#8217;s capabilities, and it looks to be a multi-faceted, tricksy piece of malware with a pretty unique USP (via MalwareBytes). It appears to be the result of several malware families stitched together, and is capable of wiping your drives at the physical disk level, &#8220;overwriting raw disk content and removing partition metadata.&#8221; The nasty little beastie has several ways to irreversibly destroy your data. There&#8217;s a Windows drive secure wiper for starters, which targets an&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/meet-gigawiper-a-tricksy-new-malware-that-can-wipe-your-pcs-storage-drives-squeaky-clean-and-spy-on-your-desktop-all-at-once\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1639584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[4841,1622],"class_list":["post-1639583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-security","tag-software"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC&#039;s storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once | Arcader 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