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Aeternum Botnet Uses Polygon Blockchain for Decentralized C2
- Engineer — Learn: Blockchain-based C2 is an emerging evasion technique that may bypass traditional domain-blocking controls; no patch or configuration action required, but architects should consider that blocking Polygon RPC endpoints could disrupt legitimate Web3 tooling.
- SOC/IR — Plan: Build or tune detections for outbound calls to Polygon RPC endpoints (e.g., polygon-rpc.com) from non-Web3 workloads, and develop hunting queries for processes that query smart contract ABI methods as a C2 channel.
- Leader — Learn: Blockchain-anchored C2 represents a structural evasion of perimeter controls; useful context for future investments in DNS/network monitoring that can handle decentralized infrastructure, but no immediate leadership action required.
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