Spain Witnesses 35 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Spain have went up through the last fortnight. The automated hacking attempts have increased by 35 percent through the two weeks prior, according to evidence from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. Overall, in the world, there was a slight increase of 20 percent.

In Spain, the number of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace increased greatly through the previous 14-day period as 320 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks went up by 35 percent. That means 4,200 total the amount of brute-force attacks in the Spain in the two weeks prior were blocked by Syspeace.

With similar changes, there has been a rise of the number of automated hacking attempts in Australia and Romania. With 440 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14 days, Australia has seen an increase of 47 percent in comparison with the previous 14-day period. In Romania, the amount has grown by 33 percent to 1,100 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

All around the world, automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight escalation, so Spain is not alone with the problem. There have been 20 percent more brute-force attacks in the world on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers in the through the past two weeks compared to the previous 14-day period. Up until now, this year there have been 880 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 43 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of brute-force attacks in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 650,000.

The evidence is provided by Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for enterprises to fight automated hacking attempts. 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 the world leader on the topic.

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

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