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The Permanent Threat: Analyzing Aeternum’s Blockchain-Based C2 Operations and Communications

calendar_today August 10, 2026 person Chris Navarrete, Sai Sathvik Ruppa and Haozhe Zhang domain palo-alto-networks

Analysis of the Aeternum botnet loader, a threat leveraging Polygon blockchain smart contracts for decentralized C2 infrastructure and payload execution. The post The Permanent Threat: Analyzing Aeternum’s Blockchain-Based C2 Operations and Communications appeared first on Unit 42 .

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