Denmark Witnesses 62 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts

In Denmark, the sum total of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers increased greatly throughout the previous 14 days compared to the past two weeks. The brute-force attacks have gone up by 62 percent throughout the 14 days prior, according to statistics from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. However, there was a slight drop of 3 percent in the whole world.

In Denmark, the amount of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace went up through the 14 days prior as 4,900 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were registered by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks built up by 62 percent. Syspeace blocked 120,000 brute-force attacks in Denmark. During a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history, this is the highest number of automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Colombia and Spain have – for the purpose of comparison – been under increased attacks. With 3,000 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the previous 14 days, Colombia has seen a growth of 82 percent compared to the two weeks prior. In Spain, the sum total has increased by 42 percent to 530 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Denmark is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased all around the world. In the course of the last weeks, there have been 3 percent less automated hacking attempts than during the past two weeks in the world. By now, this year there have been 1,700 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The brute-force attacks have diminished by 5.9 percent on a year-to-year comparison. Simply put, the amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,500,000.

The statistics is released from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for firms to fight automated hacking attempts. 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.

During the brute-force attack, 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 right one.

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