Slight Growth of Automated Hacking Attempts in Finland Recorded

Through the previous 14-day period, Finland has witnessed how the sum total of brute-force attacks has grew. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have climbed up by 4.7 percent. However, there was a big fall of 22 percent in the whole world.

Syspeace logged 200 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Finland in the course of the previous 14-day period. That means the brute-force attacks grew by 4.7 percent. That means 200 total the number of brute-force attacks in the Finland in the course of the previous 14-day period were blocked by Syspeace.

By means of a comparison, Denmark and Turkey have been under increased attacks. With 460 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the 14 days prior, Denmark has recorded a climb of 5 percent in comparison with the previous 14 days. In Turkey, the sum total has climbed up by 4.5 percent to 780 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

Finland is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased all around the world. There have been 22 percent less brute-force attacks in the world on Windows servers secured by Syspeace through the previous 14-day period compared to the 14 days prior. So far, this year there have been 740 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has decreased by 27 percent. That is to say, the number of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 530,000.

The statistics is collected by 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 trailblazer on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically checks 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 enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.