Largest Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in the world in Italy

In Italy, the number of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers surged throughout the past two weeks in comparison with the two weeks prior. The automated hacking attempts have grown by 120 percent in the last fortnight, according to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. In the world, that’s the largest rise of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers. At the same time, there was a big fall of 41 percent in the whole world.

In Italy, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers skyrocketed during the 14 days prior as 280 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks increased extremely by 120 percent. That means 520 total the amount of automated hacking attempts in the Italy throughout the previous 14 days were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, for comparison purposes, a rise of the number of brute-force attacks in China and Indonesia. With 880 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, China has recorded a climb of 79 percent compared to the past two weeks. In Indonesia, the amount has grown by 79 percent to 35 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a big fall all around the world. That is to say, Italy is going against the flow. There have been 41 percent less automated hacking attempts in the world on Windows servers secured by Syspeace in the course of the two weeks prior compared to the past two weeks. Up until today, this year there have been 1,300 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have grown by 10 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of brute-force attacks in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,100,000.

The information is provided by Windows servers secured by Syspeace 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 businesses, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on automated hacking attempts since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

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

To keep systems secure and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace provides software that shields businesses from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.