Significant Growth in Brute-Force Attacks in United Kingdom

Throughout the last fortnight, United Kingdom has witnessed how the amount of automated hacking attempts has went up. The brute-force attacks have increased by 28 percent during the previous 14 days, according to information from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. Overall, in the world, there was a slight escalation of 19 percent.

In United Kingdom, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers went up through the last fortnight as 2,500 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks increased greatly by 28 percent. Syspeace blocked 150,000 brute-force attacks in United Kingdom.

By way of comparison, brute-force attacks in Colombia and Norway have risen. With 3,100 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the past two weeks, Colombia has witnessed a rise of 35 percent in comparison with the last fortnight. In Norway, the sum total has climbed up by 22 percent to 230 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

All around the world, automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight increase, so United Kingdom is not alone with the problem. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have climbed up by 19 percent in the world in the course of the last fortnight. Up until today, this year there have been 1,900 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the amount of automated hacking attempts has climbed up by 6.1 percent. Simply put, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,700,000.

The evidence is collected by Windows servers secured by Syspeace globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies 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.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of in the end guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

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