Honduras Aghast by Third Greatest Growth in Brute-Force Attacks in the world

Through the last fortnight, the amount of automated hacking attempts in Honduras shot up compared to the previous 14 days. According to evidence from Windows servers secured by Syspeace, there was a climb of 210 percent in brute-force attacks per server. In the world, that’s the third largest rise of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers. In the whole world, there was a slight escalation of 19 percent.

Syspeace registered 560 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Honduras throughout the 14 days prior. That is to say, the brute-force attacks increased extremely by 210 percent. The number of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Honduras was 560. In the course of a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history, this is the 3rd highest number of brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

For comparison purposes, Hong Kong and Belgium have been under increased attacks. With 120 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14-day period, Hong Kong has seen a rise of 220 percent compared to the last fortnight. In Belgium, the sum total has increased by 130 percent to 2,800 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Honduras is not alone. The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight increase all around the world. There have been 19 percent more automated hacking attempts in the world on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers in the throughout the 14 days prior compared to the previous 14 days. 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 amount of automated hacking attempts has dropped by 14 percent. That is to say, the sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,600,000.

The statistics source is Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for enterprises to fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for companies, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on automated hacking attempts since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to in the end get them right. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases to find the correct one.

To avoid problems and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards companies from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.