17 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks in Colorado

Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Colorado have grew slightly through the previous 14-day period. The automated hacking attempts have gone up by 17 percent throughout the previous 14 days, according to information from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. At the same time, there was a big fall of 31 percent in the whole USA.

In Colorado, the number of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers increased during the previous 14-day period as 390 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks increased by 17 percent. The number of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Colorado was 1,200.

There has been, with similar changes, an escalation of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Ohio and Indiana. With 100 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14-day period, Ohio has seen a climb of 32 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Indiana, the amount has risen by 17 percent to 200 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

Colorado is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased all around the USA. Throughout the last weeks, there have been 31 percent less brute-force attacks than in the course of the 14 days prior in the USA. Up until today, this year there have been 1,300 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the number of automated hacking attempts has increased by 72 percent. In other words, Syspeace blocked 630,000 brute-force attacks in the USA.

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

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to finally get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the correct one.

To avoid trouble and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.