Void Botnet Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts for Seizure-Resistant C2 Infrastructure

Void Botnet is a newly observed Rust-based loader advertised in March 2026 that uses Ethereum smart contracts as a decentralized, resilient command-and-control channel (with a faster web-panel fallback). Qrator Labs' analysis (May 18, 2026) describes extensive operator capabilities — 14 task types including DDoS, credential theft, proxy-as-a-service, in-memory execution and persistence — operator handles (TheVoidStl, nikoniko), related malware names, build details, pricing, and operational IoCs.