2026-01-17 03:42 UTC
I've been researching some malware that uses Blockchain Smart Contracts as Command-and-Control infrastructure. Since blockchain data is public, I was able to write code to track how many new systems the malware infects each day. Blog post coming next week.
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@elaine@ap.elaine.is 2026-01-17 04:17
@malwaretech@infosec.exchange I hope to see you include recommendations that provide some potential guidance for working on these systems to defend against malware abuse.
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@utf_7@mastodon.social 2026-01-17 05:17
@malwaretech >Blockchain Smart Contracts as Command-and-Control infrastructure the what? why?
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@codehorse@infosec.exchange 2026-01-17 09:27
@malwaretech this hiding in plain sight reminds me of the malware that was using Twitter as a C2 … Detecting and blocking this p2p of a blockchain is a head scratching problem