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Aeternum botnet hides commands in Polygon smart contracts
Aeternum botnet uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts for C&C, making its infrastructure harder to detect and disrupt. Qrator Labs researchers uncovered Aeternum, a botnet that runs its command-and-control infrastructure through smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain. By decentralizing its C2, the malware avoids traditional server-based takedowns and becomes far harder to disrupt or shut down, […]
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- Aeternum botnet hides commands in Polygon smart contracts
Aeternum botnet hides commands in Polygon smart contracts
** Pierluigi Paganini
** February 27, 2026
Aeternum botnet uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts for C&C, making its infrastructure harder to detect and disrupt.
Qrator Labs researchers uncovered Aeternum, a botnet that runs its command-and-control infrastructure through smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain. By decentralizing its C2, the malware avoids traditional server-based takedowns and becomes far harder to disrupt or shut down, significantly increasing its resilience and persistence in the wild.
*“Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command and control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain. This network is widely used by decentralized applications, including Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market.” reads the report published by Qrator Labs. “This approach makes Aeternum’s C2 infrastructure effectively permanent and resistant to traditional takedown methods.”*
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