Aeternum Botnet Shifts Command Control to Polygon Blockchain (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Aeternum botnet uses Polygon smart contracts for C2 communication
• Decentralization complicates traditional takedown methods
• First documented case of a botnet abusing Polygon blockchain

"The Aeternum botnet has migrated its command-and-control (C2) operations to the Polygon blockchain, leveraging smart contracts to obscure communication. This decentralization makes takedown efforts significantly more challenging. Security researchers highlight this as a first-of-its-kind evolution in botnet resilience."