54 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Turkey

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Turkey have went up throughout the previous 14 days. Data from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have increased by 54 percent. There was an escalation of 23 percent in the whole world.

The amount of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up in the course of the previous 14 days in Turkey as 660 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks built up by 54 percent. That means 1,300 total the amount of brute-force attacks in the Turkey in the previous 14-day period were blocked by Syspeace.

For comparison purposes, there has been an increase of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Germany and Colombia. With 3,000 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the two weeks prior, Germany has witnessed a surge of 60 percent in comparison with the previous 14-day period. In Colombia, the sum total has increased by 38 percent to 1,500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on syspeaces have shown an escalation all around the world. Simply put, Turkey is not alone with the problem. The brute-force attacks on syspeaces have increased by 23 percent in the world throughout the two weeks prior. So far, this year there have been 1,800 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The brute-force attacks have increased by 31 percent on a year-to-year comparison. Simply put, the sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,600,000.

The statistics is released from Syspeace, a service provider that fights automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for enterprises, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed statistics 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.

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

To keep trouble out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.