62 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Oregon

The amount of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Oregon went up during the past two weeks. Data from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have grown by 62 percent. At the same time, there was a slight drop of 3.2 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace logged 1,100 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Oregon in the course of the past two weeks. That means the brute-force attacks increased noticeably by 62 percent. That means 6,000 total the sum total of brute-force attacks in the Oregon in the two weeks prior were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, for comparison purposes, a growth of the amount of brute-force attacks in Mississippi and Rhode Island. With 230 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the 14 days prior, Mississippi has witnessed a climb of 64 percent in comparison with the 14 days prior. In Rhode Island, the sum total has shot up by 56 percent to 520 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight drop all around the USA. In other words, Oregon is going against the flow. The brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have diminished by 3.2 percent in the USA throughout the 14 days prior. Up until now, this year there have been 1,900 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the number of brute-force attacks has dropped by 11 percent. That means the sum total of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,000,000.

The evidence comes from Syspeace, a service provider that fights brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for firms, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed information on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is a global pioneer on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

To avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields firms from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.