New Aeternum C2 Botnet Evades Takedowns via Polygon Blockchain

Qrator Research Lab has identified Aeternum C2, a botnet that uses the Polygon blockchain for commands, making it nearly impossible to shut down...

Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown

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 it...

Smart Contract Bug Results in $31 Million Loss

A hacker stole $31 million from the blockchain company MonoX Finance , by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts. Specifically, the hack used the same token as both the tokenIn and tokenOut, which are methods for exchanging the value of one token for another. MonoX...