RAT brute forcing dead?

Is Remote Administration Tool (RAT) brute forcing dead? I tried brute forcing RDP and VNC recently to no avail. Rdesktop and Medusa were rendered useless against security mechanisms built into Remote Desktop and VNC.
The high res version of this demo can be downloaded here.

Brute forcing (in 2006) used to be so easy. Tsgrinder was the tool of choice against systems with RDP enabled.
The high res version of this demo can be downloaded here.

Have M$ and VNC added mechanisms to make RAT logins more secure? Or is brute forcing no longer in vogue with hackers and pentesters to release updated versions of their tools?
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