Utah Witnesses 27 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts
The report doesn\’t lie — the sum total of brute-force attacks in Utah has increased noticeably in the last fortnight. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 27 percent in the course of the previous 14-day period, according to evidence from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. There was an escalation of 32 percent in the whole USA.
The amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers increased greatly in the course of the two weeks prior in Utah as 1,300 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased noticeably by 27 percent. Syspeace blocked 1,300 automated hacking attempts in Utah.
Ohio and Oregon have – for the purpose of comparison – been under increased attacks. With 83 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the 14 days prior, Ohio has seen an escalation of 42 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Oregon, the amount has increased by 26 percent to 240 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.
Utah is not alone. The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a big increase all around the USA. There have been 32 percent more brute-force attacks in the USA on Windows servers secured by Syspeace in the throughout the previous 14-day period compared to the previous 14 days. Up until today, this year there have been 1,200 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 53 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, Syspeace blocked 490,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.
The statistics is released from Syspeace, a service provider that fights automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for firms, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed evidence on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is a global pioneer on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.
An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the correct one.
To keep trouble out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.
