Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown
Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown
26 February 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts.
"Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain," Qrator Labs said in a report shared with The