New Attacks Target Port 8545 Ethereum Client Vulnerabilities Again

An old vulnerability in some Ethereum wallets, network clients, and nodes is the target of a new attack attempt by groups of hackers who mass-scan IP addresses to gain access to funds.

Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets, told ZDNet that these attacks have been going on for more than a week, with some activity detected at the beginning of this month. The methodology used by these hackers involves scanning for devices with port 8545 open, a port commonly associated with Ethereum’s “geth” software.

This port is used by the platform to transfer i…

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