Slight Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in Norway Documented

Through the 14 days prior, Norway has witnessed how the amount of automated hacking attempts has increased slightly. According to information from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers, there was a surge of 11 percent in automated hacking attempts per server. In contrast, there was a big drop of 25 percent in the whole world.

The amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew slightly in the course of the 14 days prior in Norway as 190 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were registered by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased slightly by 11 percent. That means 1,300 total the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the Norway throughout the previous 14-day period were blocked by Syspeace.

In comparison, there has been a climb of the amount of brute-force attacks in Sweden and Finland. With 440 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the last fortnight, Sweden has recorded a surge of 12 percent in comparison with the two weeks prior. In Finland, the amount has grown by 5.6 percent to 360 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a big decrease all around the world. Simply put, Norway is going against the flow. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have dropped by 25 percent in the world in the past two weeks. Up until now, this year there have been 1,100 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have increased by 43 percent on a year-to-year comparison. Simply put, the number of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the world was 780,000.

The evidence is released from Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves firms time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to find and prevent. Syspeace scans all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace conscientiously. The company is a global pioneer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed statistics on automated hacking attempts.

An automated hacking attempt 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 correct one.

To keep problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.