Noticeable Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Texas

In the course of the past two weeks, the number of automated hacking attempts in Texas went up slightly compared to the 14 days prior. Statistics from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have grown by 4.9 percent. However, there was a slight contraction of 16 percent in the whole USA.

In Texas, the number of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace grew in the course of the last fortnight as 300 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased by 4.9 percent. The amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Texas was 5,500.

For the purpose of comparison, there has been a surge of the number of automated hacking attempts in Arkansas and Alabama. With 3,300 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, Arkansas has seen a rise of 6.4 percent in comparison with the two weeks prior. In Alabama, the amount has climbed up by 4.6 percent to 760 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Texas is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased all around the USA. The brute-force attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have declined by 16 percent in the USA in the course of the two weeks prior. By now, this year there have been 910 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the number of automated hacking attempts has dropped by 44 percent. Simply put, the amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 370,000.

The information is released from Windows servers secured by Syspeace 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 firms, 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 different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to finally get them right. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases to find the right one.

To avoid trouble and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.