35 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks in Arizona

During the past two weeks, the amount of brute-force attacks in Arizona increased noticeably compared to the previous 14-day period. Statistics from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have gone up by 35 percent. At the same time, there was a big drop of 31 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace logged 760 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Arizona in the course of the two weeks prior. In other words, the automated hacking attempts went up by 35 percent. That means 2,300 total the amount of automated hacking attempts in the Arizona in the course of the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, with similar changes, an escalation of the number of brute-force attacks in North Carolina and Ohio. With 720 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the past two weeks, North Carolina has recorded a surge of 42 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Ohio, the amount has risen by 32 percent to 100 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on syspeaces have shown a big decline all around the USA. Simply put, Arizona is going against the flow. There have been 31 percent less automated hacking attempts in the USA on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers in the two weeks prior compared to the 14 days prior. Up until today, this year there have been 1,300 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 72 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the number of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 630,000.

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

During the automated hacking attempt, 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 right one.

To keep systems secure and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace provides software that safeguards businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.