The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and things are getting worse.
It’s probably safe to assume that if you haven’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that over 162,000 WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
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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 sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a vulnerability offers some value to hackers. No matter what type 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 website or blog. Large, medium and small business web sites, personal blogs, government websites … even websites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.
If a hacker can discover a way to gain remote access and control of your site, your website or blog can then be used as a “bot” to attack more valued websites.
The truth is that malicious bots are trying to hack into your website while you are reading this at this very moment. Whether they will successfully break in or not, depends on how challenging you can make things for hackers to keep trying until they can work out how to get access, or decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Scan Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will return a number of results and information about your website …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can access all of this information about your site, then so can hackers.
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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 these can inform them about potentially exploitable vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and help to protect it against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Solution
Product Description
The product is a suite 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. This particular blog had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of the event after being informed by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within the server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and steal financial information.
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Matt’s experience is evidence that every website has value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your web site are …
And let’s you fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – Plugins
Blog Defender comes with 3 plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
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The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud-based backup solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your web site with security …
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The plugin performs a range of essential site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your WordPress plugins, WordPress themes, WordPress core files and content to detect if your source code has been changed, and fix the problem …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Tutorials Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes 7 video training modules plus written documentation that will show you exactly how to protect your website from hackers …
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Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Configure
The Blog Defender plugins are quite easy to install. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a practical training product that will walk you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins you should install to get things done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Secure your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If your site sells digital products (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a website is hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, websites can be suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed by search engines. Additionally, your contacts can end up being spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender make your your web site invisible to hackers and bots.
Blog Defender covers the following security areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate Core WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical sequence of steps for securing your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Product image source: BlogDefender website)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that users have provided for the Blog Defender product suite:
”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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”In the past month alone, I’ve had 3 niche blogs hacked, costing me hundreds of dollars in lost sales – all of which could have been avoided if I followed the steps in this training. I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than spending months building up a blog, adding posts every few days, and then finding it all gone in an instant. The great thing about these ‘over the shoulder’ videos is that you get to see exactly how to do everything, so it doesn’t matter if you’re technically challenged. Just copy what you see on the screen, and then relax knowing your blogs are safe. (Just one of the tips in the first video alone could probably have prevented my blogs getting hacked) I even noticed one or two tips in there that help with SEO too … so following these videos could even bring your blogs more traffic!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, no sites secured by the product were hacked since Blog Defender was first released back in 2012.
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.”
Cybersecurity is an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers currently 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 many web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Plugin 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, thirty day, complete money-back guarantee.
Product Price
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 cost to purchase Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin retails for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details here:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
Regardless of the type 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 simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress software, WordPress plugins and themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security policies like the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what your security responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your sites are attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress website easier.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender
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