Hungary Records 20 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks

The amount of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Hungary went up throughout the last fortnight. The brute-force attacks have gone up by 20 percent throughout the previous 14-day period, according to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. In contrast, there was a slight fall of 11 percent in the whole world.

The sum total of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers went up in the course of the previous 14 days in Hungary as 650 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That is to say, the brute-force attacks increased noticeably by 20 percent. That means 1,800 total the sum total of brute-force attacks in the Hungary through the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, for comparison, an escalation of the sum total of brute-force attacks in Colombia and Sweden. With 1,300 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the past two weeks, Colombia has seen an escalation of 28 percent in comparison with the last fortnight. In Sweden, the sum total has grown by 18 percent to 1,000 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

All around the world, brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight drop, but Hungary sees the opposite. There have been 11 percent less brute-force attacks in the world on Windows servers secured by Syspeace during the previous 14 days compared to the previous 14 days. By now, this year there have been 1,700 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. In the same period last year, the amount of automated hacking attempts has grown by 5.5 percent. That means the number of automated hacking attempts in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,600,000.

The information originates from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers 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 firms, 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 brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the correct one.

To keep problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that protects firms from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.