S7, E275 - Choose Wisely: GigaWiper, Your New Delete Button & The Gold Bar Grift

S7, E275 - Choose Wisely: GigaWiper, Your New Delete Button & The Gold Bar Grift

July 17, 2026 · 10 min

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This episode discusses the implications of choice in cybersecurity, focusing on new malware and its potential impacts.

Send us Fan Mail Full Show Notes This week on Privacy Please, Cam breaks down four stories that all come back to one theme: choice. GigaWiper — Microsoft researchers uncovered a new backdoor malware built from pieces of older malware families, giving attackers the ability to decide after they're already inside a network how they want to cause damage — from low-level disk wipes to fake ransomware with encryption keys that are never even saved. Multiple security firms are independently trackin...

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