Brute-Force Attacks Go up Significantly in Romania

In the course of the previous 14 days, Romania has recorded how the number of brute-force attacks has increased greatly. Data from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have climbed up by 27 percent. In contrast, there was a big decline of 30 percent in the whole world.

The amount of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up throughout the previous 14 days in Romania as 1,000 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks went up by 27 percent. That means 4,100 total the sum total of brute-force attacks in the Romania in the last fortnight were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, for the sake of comparison, a climb of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Hungary and Denmark. With 550 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server the two weeks prior, Hungary has seen an increase of 34 percent compared to the previous 14-day period. In Denmark, the sum total has risen by 25 percent to 750 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

Romania is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased all around the world. There have been 30 percent less automated hacking attempts in the world on Windows servers secured by Syspeace in the previous 14-day period compared to the previous 14 days. So far, this year there have been 740 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has decreased by 43 percent. That means the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 520,000.

The data is provided by Windows servers secured by Syspeace globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies 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 brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

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

To avoid trouble and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that safeguards firms from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.