5.8 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Czech Republic

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Czech Republic have went up slightly through the past two weeks. Statistics from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have increased by 5.8 percent. There was a slight growth of 19 percent in the whole world.

Syspeace documented 2,100 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Czech Republic in the course of the last fortnight. That means the automated hacking attempts went up slightly by 5.8 percent. Syspeace blocked 7,700 brute-force attacks in Czech Republic. It is the highest number of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server for a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

With similar changes, there has been a climb of the sum total of brute-force attacks in United Arab Emirates and Norway. With 53 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the two weeks prior, United Arab Emirates has witnessed a climb of 10 percent in comparison with the past two weeks. In Norway, the sum total has increased by 4.4 percent to 360 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

Czech Republic is not alone. The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight increase all around the world. During the last weeks there have been 19 percent more automated hacking attempts than throughout the previous 14 days in the world. Up until today, this year there have been 1,800 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The brute-force attacks have gone up by 14 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,600,000.

The data is released from Syspeace, a service provider that fights brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for companies, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is a global innovator on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to eventually get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the right one.

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