Arkansas Witnesses 45 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts
Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Arkansas have increased noticeably through the 14 days prior. The brute-force attacks have grown by 45 percent during the two weeks prior, according to data from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. Overall, in the USA, there was a big increase of 54 percent.
Syspeace documented 7,400 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Arkansas through the two weeks prior. That means the automated hacking attempts went up by 45 percent. The amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Arkansas was 15,000.
By way of comparison, brute-force attacks in North Carolina and Arizona have increased. With 1,100 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server the 14 days prior, North Carolina has recorded a rise of 71 percent in comparison with the previous 14-day period. In Arizona, the amount has shot up by 45 percent to 870 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.
The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown an escalation all around the USA. That is to say, Arkansas is not alone with the problem. The brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have increased by 54 percent in the USA through the 14 days prior. By now, this year there have been 2,000 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. The automated hacking attempts have diminished by 15 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That is to say, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 1,000,000.
The evidence comes from Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves enterprises time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to find and prevent. Syspeace monitors all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers meticulously. The company is a global trendsetter on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed information on automated hacking attempts.
During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to in the end get them right. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases to find the correct one.
To avoid trouble and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that protects businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.