CTI · corroborated · 2026-08-20

Aeternum Botnet Hides C2 Infrastructure in Polygon Smart Contracts to Evade Takedowns

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MITRE ATT&CK

• T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
• T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution Persistence
• T1573 Encrypted Channel Command and Control
• T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command and Control

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