"xrumer" type spammers running brute force password bots too?
 

noticed brute force password bot going on in a forum of mine, every minute an attempt on a user's account from a different proxy ip

are the xrumer spammers taking a different approach and attempting to gain access to existing accounts now to presumably put spam in the profile or add posts from older trusted members?

fuckers :2 cents:

fuckers is right, but that ain't xrumer

True dat top notch.
:2 cents:

xrumer can do that if modded correctly.
but no one would simply brute force normal users password just for backlink.