13 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Czech Republic

Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Czech Republic have went up slightly in the previous 14-day period. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have climbed up by 13 percent. There was a big increase of 23 percent in the whole world.

In Czech Republic, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew throughout the previous 14-day period as 1,200 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That is to say, the brute-force attacks went up slightly by 13 percent. Syspeace blocked 5,700 brute-force attacks in Czech Republic. During a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history, this is the 2nd highest number of automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

For a comparison, there has been an increase of the sum total of brute-force attacks in Netherlands and United Kingdom. With 850 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the previous 14-day period, Netherlands has recorded a rise of 14 percent compared to the two weeks prior. In United Kingdom, the sum total has gone up by 7.3 percent to 1,400 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

Czech Republic is not alone. The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a noticeable growth all around the world. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have increased by 23 percent in the world during the last fortnight. Up until today, this year there have been 1,800 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 31 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, the amount of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,600,000.

The data originates from Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves firms time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to track down and prevent. Syspeace monitors all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers carefully. The company is a global innovator on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed information on brute-force attacks.

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to in the end get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the correct one.

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