vb.org Archive - View Single Post - What to do if someone is trying to distributed brute force my account?

Marv · #56 05-29-2011, 08:33 AM

Happend to me also. Seems they attacked all accounts with 3 bruteforce attempts. That makes me worry about those, who have only one or two and not three recorded events. Could mean they were succesful with one of their attempts.

I guess there are a few users here, which have sent their logins from servers or admincps to others (i.e. to mod developers in times of support etc.) Something very unsecure, but I?m sure some did that. Would be wise to inform all users - and to force all vb.org members to setup a secure passphrase.

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Originally Posted by Frosty

Someone might have coded a bot, best thing would be to disable the member list, otherwise they can get the list of our usernames.

Thats senseless. The bot can even read the threads or the WGO box etc. That makes no sense to disable the ML.

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