United Arab Emirates Witnesses 22 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks

Throughout the previous 14-day period, the number of automated hacking attempts in United Arab Emirates built up compared to the previous 14-day period. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 22 percent during the past two weeks, according to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. However, there was a big drop of 41 percent in the whole world.

Syspeace documented 320 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in United Arab Emirates through the previous 14-day period. That means the automated hacking attempts increased greatly by 22 percent. That means 320 total the sum total of brute-force attacks in the United Arab Emirates during the previous 14 days were blocked by Syspeace. It is the 2nd highest number of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server for a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

For comparison purposes, there has been a surge of the sum total of brute-force attacks in Belgium and Hungary. With 800 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the 14 days prior, Belgium has recorded a climb of 45 percent in comparison with the two weeks prior. In Hungary, the amount has climbed up by 12 percent to 500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

All around the world, brute-force attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a big fall, but United Arab Emirates sees the opposite. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have declined by 41 percent in the world in the past two weeks. By now, this year there have been 1,300 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the number of automated hacking attempts has grown by 10 percent. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 1,100,000 brute-force attacks in the world.

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 businesses to fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for enterprises, 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 passwords or passphrases, hoping to in the end get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the right one.

To keep systems secure and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace provides software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.