France Records 3.4 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks

In the last fortnight, France has recorded how the number of automated hacking attempts has grew slightly. The automated hacking attempts have gone up by 3.4 percent in the course of the previous 14 days. Overall, in the world, there was an escalation of 4.9 percent.

Syspeace recorded 930 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in France through the previous 14 days. That means the brute-force attacks increased by 3.4 percent. That means 17,000 total the amount of brute-force attacks in the France in the last fortnight were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, for the purpose of comparison, a climb of the number of automated hacking attempts in Norway and Spain. With 300 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace Windows server the two weeks before, Norway has witnessed a surge of 5.7 percent in comparison with the past two weeks. In Spain, the number has gone up by 3.2 percent to 920 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on Syspeace Windows servers have shown an escalation all around the world. In other words, France is not alone with the problem. In the course of the last weeks, brute-force attacks on Syspeace Windows servers have a noticeable growth in the world – there have been 4.9 percent more automated hacking attempts than during the two weeks before. So far, this year there have been 1,400 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 50 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of brute-force attacks in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,200,000.

The evidence source is Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves companies time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to discover and keep away. Syspeace records meticulously all the Syspeace-secured servers globally. Having collected and analyzed evidence on brute-force attacks since 2012, the company is a global pioneer on the topic.

A brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing them. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the correct one.

To avoid trouble and to block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that protects firms from IT theft, combined with great customer support.