51 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Utah

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Utah have went up throughout the last fortnight. According to evidence from Windows servers secured by Syspeace, there was an escalation of 51 percent in brute-force attacks per server. There was a big increase of 48 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace logged 380 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Utah in the course of the last fortnight. That means the automated hacking attempts increased greatly by 51 percent. The amount of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in Utah was 670.

With similar changes, Indiana and Georgia have been under increased attacks. With 2,600 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the 14 days prior, Indiana has seen a rise of 54 percent in comparison with the previous 14 days. In Georgia, the sum total has climbed up by 47 percent to 310 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

All around the USA, brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown an escalation, so Utah is not alone with the problem. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have grown by 48 percent in the USA in the last fortnight. Up until today, this year there have been 1,500 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. The automated hacking attempts have decreased by 50 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the number of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 680,000.

The evidence source is Syspeace, a service provider that fights brute-force attacks. 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 a global trailblazer on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to ultimately get them right. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases to find the correct one.

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