The Permanent Threat: Analyzing Aeternum’s Blockchain-Based C2 Operations and Communications

Unit 42 RSS feed covering recent threat intelligence on Aeternum blockchain-based C2, the ChainDrop self-propagating npm supply-chain worm, AI token theft, autonomous vulnerability discovery and cyberattacks, malware direct-to-IP communications, passkey validation weaknesses, XCSSET macOS malware, Russian webmail espionage, Siemens ROX II OT zero-days, IoT botnets, npm attacks, and ransomware operations. The feed describes active or emerging threats across cloud and developer ecosystems, identity, macOS, OT, IoT, and enterprise infrastructure.