Slight Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Nebraska

The report doesn’t lie — the number of automated hacking attempts in Nebraska has grew in the course of the past two weeks. According to evidence from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers, there was an escalation of 14 percent in automated hacking attempts per server. At the same time, there was a big decrease of 32 percent in the whole USA.

The amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew in the course of the previous 14 days in Nebraska as 84 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. Simply put, the automated hacking attempts increased slightly by 14 percent. Syspeace blocked 260 automated hacking attempts in Nebraska.

There has been, by means of a comparison, a climb of the sum total of brute-force attacks in Pennsylvania and Arkansas. With 1,100 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the past two weeks, Pennsylvania has seen a growth of 17 percent in comparison with the past two weeks. In Arkansas, the amount has risen by 5.8 percent to 3,900 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a big decrease all around the USA. That is to say, Nebraska is going against the flow. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased by 32 percent in the USA throughout the past two weeks. By now, this year there have been 680 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. The brute-force attacks have decreased by 47 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, Syspeace blocked 280,000 brute-force attacks in the USA.

The statistics source is 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 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.

An automated hacking attempt consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the correct one.

To avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.