The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is getting worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time before someone attempts to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com reported that 160,000+ legitimate WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could your website be next?
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According to the Cnet report,
“With some old-fashioned trickery, hackers were able to get more than 162,000 legitimate WordPress-powered Web sites to mount a distributed-denial-of-service attack against another Web site.”
(Source: cnet.com/news/ddos-attack-is-launched-from-162000-wordpress-sites)
As reported by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog has no value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites have value to a malicious user.
If someone can discover a way to gain control of your blog, your blog can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target other valuable web sites.
The reality is that brute-force software bots are most likely looking for weaknesses and trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they can break in or not, depends on how hard or easy you have made it for them to continue persisting until they find a way to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for an easier target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(WP Security Scan Source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check will return a number of results and information about your site setup …
(WordPress security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can access all of this information, then so can hackers.
(Source: BlogDefender website)
The ability to see which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories on your server can be valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any security vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and botnets.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Websites & Blogs
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog was quite new and so had literally nothing of value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
This example demonstrates that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …
And let’s you fix these quickly …
Blog Defender – WP Plugins
Blog Defender comes with three WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
The plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods, perform full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text in your database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
The plugin performs a range of vital site and file protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” lets you scan your web site to see whether any code in your files has been found, and fix any problems it uncovers …
(Image source: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without reciprocating the favor).
Video Training
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes step-by-step tutorial videos plus PDF/DOC documentation that show you exactly what to do to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Go here to learn more:
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use
The Blog Defender plugins are really easy to install. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your admin section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a DIY step-by-step training product that takes you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can use for free to get the job done without incurring extra costs.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Theft – If you are an info product creator (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Search Engines – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. During this time, your, site could be suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed in search engines. And if this is not enough to have to deal with, your contacts can be spammed, your customer list and financial details could be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender provides many unique features to WP users.
Blog Defender addresses the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Monitoring
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help secure your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to quickly identify risky WP themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Source: BlogDefender.com)
Feedback From Users
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments customers have submitted for the Blog Defender plugin:
”I’ve had to go through the inconvenience of a hacked blog before and let me tell you it’s not nice. With online security becoming an increasing problem, especially with WordPress, this is a great way to secure your blog. I’ll be following Matt’s training and securing all my blogs…Great job.” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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“Sure wish I’d had this before I lost over a dozen blogs just recently!” Kathe Lucas – www.wackycentral.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, since Blog Defender was first released, no Blog Defender-secured websites or blogs have been hacked.
Matt Garrett, the product developer also states on his site, however …
“With the volume of attacks nowadays … we probably won’t hold forever, so we’ve been busy creating even tougher WordPress security.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and technologies that developers can currently harness. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Support
The product is well-supported, can be used by both Mac and PC users, is compatible with the latest WordPress release and is backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full refund guarantee.
Software Pricing
Blog Defender is normally available with a personal license only for use on unlimited sites. When we last checked, however, it was also being sold with Developer rights, allowing users to secure client sites as well.. Price = $47.00.
Please Note: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the product sells for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your web site is something you cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP software, plugins and themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your sites are hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without investing in expensive solutions.
For more details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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