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At moodLearning we take security seriously. If you don't take it as seriously as we do,
In the case of an organization whose site was recently compromised, we had to help rehabilitate their online reputation. moodLearning caused the removal of over a thousand pages of shady pages on gambling, antivirus, thesis and dissertation writing, mail-order brides, data rooms, viagra.
On your end, you may not even notice the “hacking” if you don't pay close attention to it. On your dashboard, the pages have been published by “you”:
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
21/tcp open ftp Pure-FTPd
22/tcp filtered ssh
26/tcp open smtp Exim smtpd 4.91
53/tcp open domain ISC BIND 9.8.2rc1 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 6)
80/tcp open http nginx 1.14.1
110/tcp open pop3 Dovecot pop3d
135/tcp filtered msrpc
139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn
143/tcp open imap Dovecot imapd
443/tcp open ssl/http nginx 1.14.1
445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds
465/tcp open ssl/smtp Exim smtpd 4.91
587/tcp open smtp Exim smtpd 4.91
993/tcp open ssl/imap Dovecot imapd
995/tcp open ssl/pop3 Dovecot pop3d
2222/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 5.3 (protocol 2.0)
3306/tcp open mysql MySQL 5.6.41-84.1
8080/tcp open http nginx 1.14.1
8443/tcp open ssl/http nginx 1.14.1
Service Info: Host: <redacted info>; OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
A number of ports here are open unnecessarily. For instance, Port 3306 is the open database port that can theoretically be exploited to inject unwanted contents to the site or, worse, the database can be erased altogether.
Clearly this site has not been updated in a long time. moodLearning's support comes with periodic vulnerability assessments to address risks proactively.
While security is a major consideration at moodLearning, we know there's no such thing as perfect security. At times security is balanced with usability. The more features you offer or the fancier your site is, its security vulnerability tends to increase. That's why we at moodLearning complements security with proactive support to address constant threats to our partners' online assets.