5.7 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks in Connecticut

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Connecticut have grew slightly in the course of the last fortnight. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have climbed up by 5.7 percent. Overall, in the USA, there was a great increase of 24 percent.

The sum total of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew throughout the two weeks prior in Connecticut as 3,100 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. In other words, the automated hacking attempts went up slightly by 5.7 percent. Syspeace blocked 26,000 brute-force attacks in Connecticut.

For comparison, brute-force attacks in Iowa and Arizona have shot up. With 1,200 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the two weeks prior, Iowa has seen an increase of 16 percent compared to the past two weeks. In Arizona, the sum total has grown by 3.4 percent to 840 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown an escalation all around the USA. Simply put, Connecticut is not alone with the problem. There have been 24 percent more brute-force attacks in the USA on Windows servers secured by Syspeace in the in the course of the previous 14 days compared to the last fortnight. By now, this year there have been 2,800 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 34 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 1,400,000.

The information comes from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for businesses to fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for enterprises, 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 finally get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically inspected to find the right one.

To keep trouble out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that protects companies from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.