Arkansas Sees a Noticeable Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts

The report doesn’t lie — the sum total of brute-force attacks in Arkansas has grew during the two weeks prior. The automated hacking attempts have increased by 7.4 percent in the course of the past two weeks, according to statistics from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. Overall, in the USA, there was a slight growth of 14 percent.

In Arkansas, the number of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers went up slightly in the course of the last fortnight as 7,800 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. Simply put, the brute-force attacks increased slightly by 7.4 percent. That means 7,800 total the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the Arkansas through the past two weeks were blocked by Syspeace.

By means of a comparison, there has been an escalation of the amount of automated hacking attempts in Ohio and Nebraska. With 120 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server the 14 days prior, Ohio has seen a climb of 18 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Nebraska, the number has risen by 4.4 percent to 19 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

Arkansas is not alone. The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight escalation all around the USA. There have been 14 percent more brute-force attacks in the USA on syspeaces in the during the previous 14 days compared to the two weeks prior. Up until today, this year there have been 1,500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of brute-force attacks has grown by 54 percent. Simply put, the amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 780,000.

The evidence originates from syspeaces globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies to fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to eventually get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the correct one.

To avoid trouble and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that safeguards firms from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.