16 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks in New York

Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in New York have grew slightly in the course of the past two weeks. According to evidence from Windows servers secured by Syspeace, there was a rise of 16 percent in brute-force attacks per server. At the same time, there was a big decrease of 33 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace registered 400 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in New York during the 14 days prior. That means the automated hacking attempts went up slightly by 16 percent. That means 5,300 total the number of automated hacking attempts in the New York throughout the past two weeks were blocked by Syspeace.

For comparison purposes, Washington and Colorado have been under increased attacks. With 10,000 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the last fortnight, Washington has seen a growth of 26 percent in comparison with the last fortnight. In Colorado, the amount has increased by 16 percent to 56 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a big decrease all around the USA. In other words, New York is going against the flow. Throughout the last weeks, there have been 33 percent less automated hacking attempts than through the previous 14-day period in the USA. Up until today, this year there have been 1,900 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. During the same period last year, the sum total of brute-force attacks has risen by 4.3 percent. Simply put, Syspeace blocked 930,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

The data is provided by Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves firms time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to track down and prevent. Syspeace scans all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers conscientiously. The company is a global pioneer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed data on brute-force attacks.

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 checked to find the correct one.

To keep systems secure and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace provides software that shields firms from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.