Denmark Witnesses No Significant Change in Automated Hacking Attempts

The report doesn’t lie — the amount of brute-force attacks in Denmark has remained the same during the 14 days prior. According to data from Syspeace-secured servers, the sum total of automated hacking attempts stayed the same. In the whole world, there was an escalation of 47 percent.

Syspeace documented 2,600 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Denmark in the course of the 14 days prior. That’s on the same level as the previous 14-day period. The sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Denmark was 66,000. Throughout a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history, this is the 15th highest number of brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

Egypt and Mexico have seen no significant changes in automated hacking attempts through the 14 days prior. There have been 1,600 of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in Egypt during the past two weeks. In Mexico the amount is 300.

Up until now, this year there have been 1,500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the amount of automated hacking attempts has gone up by 9.3 percent. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 1,100,000 brute-force attacks in the world.

The information is released from 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.

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 correct one.

To avoid trouble and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that protects businesses from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.