Brute-Force Attacks Go up Significantly in Finland

The report doesn’t lie — the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Finland has built up through the past two weeks. The brute-force attacks have risen by 22 percent during the two weeks prior, according to statistics from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. Overall, in the world, there was a slight increase of 19 percent.

The sum total of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up through the 14 days prior in Finland as 340 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were registered by Syspeace. That is to say, the automated hacking attempts built up by 22 percent. Syspeace blocked 340 brute-force attacks in Finland.

There has been, for comparison, a climb of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Ireland and United Arab Emirates. With 370 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the two weeks prior, Ireland has recorded an escalation of 28 percent in comparison with the previous 14 days. In United Arab Emirates, the sum total has increased by 10 percent to 53 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

All around the world, automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight increase, so Finland is not alone with the problem. The automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have climbed up by 19 percent in the world during the past two weeks. Up until today, this year there have been 1,800 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the world. The automated hacking attempts have grown by 14 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That is to say, the sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,600,000.

The statistics is collected by Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves businesses time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to find and prevent. Syspeace monitors all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers thoroughly. The company is a global innovator on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed data on automated hacking attempts.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of ultimately 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 excellent customer support.