The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and this is only going to get worse.
It’s safe to 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-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a vulnerability offers some value to hackers. Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot ignore the importance of website security. Large, medium and small websites, personal blogs, government websites … even websites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.
If a hacker can exploit a security weakness in your system and take over your website or blog, your website or blog can then be used to attack other valuable web sites.
The harsh reality is that brute-force software bots are searching for exploits and trying to break into your website or blog right now. Whether they can break in successfully depends on how hard you will make things for them to keep persisting until they discover how to get access, or are forced to decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WP Security Check Image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan returns various results and details about your site …
(WP security check results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information about your site, so can hackers.
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The ability to see what version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories can all be potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about potentially exploitable vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and help to protect it against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Solution
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by its webhost. This particular blog had literally nothing of value to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within his site, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to lure unsuspecting victims to the site and steal Paypal account information.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
This simple example should be enough to illustrate the fact that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress site are …
And let’s you quickly fix these …
Blog Defender – WP Plugins
The Blog Defender security product comes with three plugins for WordPress:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to new domains or server locations), do bulk text replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides your website with security …
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Plugin #2 provides a range of essential site and file protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your plugins, themes, core files and content to detect if any of your files have been altered, and repair problems …
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your work without providing you anything of benefit in return).
Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes step-by-step training videos and downloadable documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your site from hackers …
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To learn more about this plugin go here:
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
The Blog Defender plugins install like every other plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your administrator section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a training product that guides you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free WordPress plugins to install to get the job done without paying for additional costs.
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Secure your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells information products (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, sites could get suspended by your host, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your customer list and financial details could be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender make your your WordPress website invisible to hackers and malicious bots.
The product addresses the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- 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
- Monitoring Files
- Link Tracking
- Block Known Offenders
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help protect your your WordPress installation, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Source: BlogDefender site)
Feedback From Plugin Users
Below are a few of the testimonials and comments that plugin customers have written about the Blog Defender security products:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”Just one tip could have prevented my blogs getting hacked!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, no Blog Defender-secured websites or blogs have been hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
Matt states on his site …
“With the volume of attacks nowadays … we probably won’t hold forever, so we’ve been busy creating even tougher WordPress security.”
Cybersecurity is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools that developers can access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, won’t cost you a fortune and it’s as good if not better than most web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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 risk-free, thirty day, complete refund guarantee.
Software Cost
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.
Note: Pricing for Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was current when this article was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin author when you visit the site and there may be 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, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot afford to ignore the importance of securing your sites.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WP installation, WP plugins and WP themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security policies such as the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you learn what your security responsibilities are as a website owner, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress site easier.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Suite
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