Significant Growth in Brute-Force Attacks in Texas
There’s no denying of facts — the number of brute-force attacks in Texas has increased noticeably throughout the previous 14-day period. Data from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have gone up by 26 percent. Overall, in the USA, there was a great increase of 54 percent.
In Texas, the number of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up throughout the last fortnight as 1,500 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. In other words, the automated hacking attempts increased noticeably by 26 percent. Syspeace blocked 40,000 automated hacking attempts in Texas.
There has been, for comparison, a climb of the amount of brute-force attacks in Washington and Rhode Island. With 4,200 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14 days, Washington has recorded an escalation of 31 percent in comparison with the last fortnight. In Rhode Island, the amount has climbed up by 19 percent to 340 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.
Texas is not alone. The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a noticeable growth all around the USA. During the last weeks there have been 54 percent more brute-force attacks than during the last fortnight in the USA. By now, this year there have been 2,000 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the number of automated hacking attempts has dropped by 15 percent. In other words, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 1,000,000.
The information is collected by Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves businesses time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to discover and prevent. Syspeace records all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace thoroughly. The company is a global innovator on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed evidence on automated hacking attempts.
An automated hacking attempt consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the correct one.
To avoid problems and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards companies from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.