Noticeable Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Lithuania

The data is out — the amount of automated hacking attempts in Lithuania has grew through the previous 14-day period. Data from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have risen by 14 percent. However, there was a slight drop of 16 percent in the whole world.

The amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew slightly through the past two weeks in Lithuania as 690 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks increased by 14 percent. That means 690 total the amount of automated hacking attempts in the Lithuania in the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace.

For a comparison, automated hacking attempts in Sweden and Israel have climbed up. With 850 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the past two weeks, Sweden has witnessed a surge of 16 percent compared to the 14 days prior. In Israel, the amount has risen by 9.1 percent to 24 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight decrease all around the world. Simply put, Lithuania is going against the flow. The brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased by 16 percent in the world throughout the past two weeks. So far, this year there have been 2,500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. In the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has risen by 9.4 percent. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 2,200,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The information is provided 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 discover and prevent. Syspeace tracks all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers conscientiously. The company is a global pioneer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed evidence on brute-force attacks.

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 right one.

To keep trouble out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that protects companies from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.