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Aeternum botnet hides commands in Polygon smart contracts (securityaffairs.com)

submitted 6 days ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Aeternum botnet uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts for C&C, making its infrastructure harder to detect and disrupt. Qrator Labs researchers uncovered Aeternum, a botnet that runs its command-and-control infrastructure through smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain. By decentralizing its C2, the malware avoids traditional server-based takedowns and becomes far harder to disrupt or shut down, […]

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[–] zerosouls@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is fascinating to think about. Like seeing a worm or parasite just peek out of a human or something, unnatural.