Egypt Sees No Change in Brute-Force Attacks

The number is clear — the amount of automated hacking attempts in Egypt has showed no change in the previous 14-day period. According to evidence from Syspeace-secured servers, the amount of automated hacking attempts stayed the same. However, there was a slight growth of 12 percent in the whole world.

In Egypt, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers showed no change during the previous 14-day period as 2,500 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. In other words, the level of the automated hacking attempts remained the same as the last fortnight. Syspeace blocked 2,900 brute-force attacks in Egypt. In the country’s measured history, this is the 9th highest number of attempted automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server for a single 14-day period.

Netherlands and Sweden have seen no significant changes in brute-force attacks in the course of the past two weeks. There have been 730 of brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in Netherlands during the last fortnight. In Sweden the sum total is 2,400.

So far, this year there have been 2,200 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have climbed up by 8.1 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of automated hacking attempts in the world that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,800,000.

The statistics is provided by Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for enterprises to fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, 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 automated hacking attempt 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 right one.

To avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that protects businesses from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.