Norway Records No Change in Automated Hacking Attempts

In the previous 14 days, Norway has witnessed how the amount of brute-force attacks has showed no change. The number of automated hacking attempts has remained the same. However, there was a noticeable growth of 23 percent in the whole world.

The sum total of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace showed no change in the course of the two weeks prior in Norway as 260 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. Simply put, the level of the automated hacking attempts remained the same as the previous 14-day period. That means 3,100 total the number of brute-force attacks in the Norway in the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace.

Another country with no significant change in the number of automated hacking attempts is France. There have been 890 of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in France in the course of the 14 days prior.

Up until today, this year there have been 1,800 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the number of automated hacking attempts has shot up by 31 percent. In other words, Syspeace blocked 1,600,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The data comes 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 data on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is a global trendsetter 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 problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields firms from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.