Slight Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Turkey

Through the previous 14-day period, Turkey has recorded how the number of automated hacking attempts has grew slightly. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 8.2 percent through the previous 14-day period, according to information from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. At the same time, there was a slight decrease of 11 percent in the whole world.

Syspeace registered 2,300 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Turkey throughout the 14 days prior. That means the automated hacking attempts increased by 8.2 percent. Syspeace blocked 6,300 brute-force attacks in Turkey. In the country’s measured history, this is the 3rd highest number of attempted brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace for a single 14-day period.

For comparison purposes, automated hacking attempts in France and Romania have increased. With 810 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the previous 14 days, France has witnessed an escalation of 8.4 percent in comparison with the past two weeks. In Romania, the amount has gone up by 2.6 percent to 680 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Turkey is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased all around the world. During the last weeks, there have been 11 percent less automated hacking attempts than in the previous 14 days in the world. Up until now, this year there have been 1,700 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The brute-force attacks have shot up by 5.5 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, Syspeace blocked 1,600,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The statistics is provided by Syspeace, a service provider that fights brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed information on automated hacking attempts since 2012, Syspeace is a global pioneer on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to eventually get them right. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases to find the right one.

To keep trouble out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.