29 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks in Argentina

In the course of the 14 days prior, Argentina has witnessed how the number of automated hacking attempts has increased greatly. According to data from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers, there was a rise of 29 percent in brute-force attacks per server. At the same time, there was no change in the sum total of brute-force attacks in the whole world.

In Argentina, the number of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up through the 14 days prior as 200 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were registered by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts built up by 29 percent. That means 770 total the amount of brute-force attacks in the Argentina in the course of the previous 14 days were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, by means of a comparison, a rise of the amount of automated hacking attempts in Australia and Hungary. With 1,700 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the last fortnight, Australia has witnessed a rise of 31 percent in comparison with the 14 days prior. In Hungary, the sum total has risen by 19 percent to 930 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Up until now, this year there have been 1,800 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The brute-force attacks have decreased by 9.4 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the number of automated hacking attempts in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,600,000.

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

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to ultimately get them right. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases to find the correct one.

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