South Africa Sees a Noticeable Growth in Brute-Force Attacks

In South Africa, the sum total of brute-force attacks on Windows servers increased throughout the previous 14-day period in comparison with the 14 days prior. Statistics from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have shot up by 5.1 percent. Overall, in the world, there was a noticeable growth of 20 percent.

The amount of attacks on syspeaces went up slightly in the course of the previous 14-day period in South Africa as 1,100 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts grew by 5.1 percent. That means 31,000 total the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the South Africa through the previous 14-day period were blocked by Syspeace. In the country’s measured history, this is the 7th highest number of attempted automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace for a single 14-day period.

For the purpose of comparison, automated hacking attempts in Egypt and Norway have shot up. With 1,200 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the past two weeks, Egypt has witnessed a climb of 12 percent compared to the previous 14-day period. In Norway, the amount has shot up by 6.5 percent to 270 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

South Africa is not alone. The attacks on syspeaces have shown an escalation all around the world. There have been 20 percent more automated hacking attempts in the world on syspeaces in the during the last fortnight compared to the 14 days prior. So far, this year there have been 1,900 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 25 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, Syspeace blocked 1,600,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The information is collected by Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves companies time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to discover and prevent. Syspeace scans all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers carefully. The company is a global pioneer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed evidence on automated hacking attempts.

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 keep problems out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that safeguards enterprises from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.