Brute-Force Attacks Go up Significantly in Texas

Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Texas have increased noticeably through the previous 14-day period. Evidence from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have risen by 40 percent. In the whole USA, there was an escalation of 52 percent.

In Texas, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers went up in the course of the past two weeks as 1,100 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were registered by Syspeace. Simply put, the brute-force attacks increased greatly by 40 percent. The amount of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in Texas was 29,000.

There has been, in comparison, a climb of the amount of automated hacking attempts in Washington and Iowa. With 8,800 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, Washington has seen a growth of 40 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Iowa, the sum total has gone up by 32 percent to 2,900 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Texas is not alone. The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a big increase all around the USA. In the course of the last weeks there have been 52 percent more brute-force attacks than in the course of the last fortnight in the USA. So far, this year there have been 2,200 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. The automated hacking attempts have climbed up by 1.3 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, the amount of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 1,100,000.

The data is released from Windows servers secured by Syspeace 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 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 correct one.

To keep problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards enterprises from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.