The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and the situation is only going to get worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’t been hacked yet, then it’s inevitable that at some point in time someone will attempt to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that 160,000+ WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites 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)
According to leading 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.
You may think that the information in your site has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that all websites have some value to a malicious user.
If hackers can exploit a vulnerability, that blog can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target larger and more valued web sites.
The harsh reality is that hackers are very likely scouring for exploits and trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they can hack in depends on how hard you will make things for hackers to continue persisting until they can discover how to break in, or give up and go look for an easier target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Scan Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and details about your site …
(WP security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can see all of this information about your site, hackers can too.
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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 in your site are all useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable security weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to hackers and bots.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This blog had practically no value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and noticing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting visitors to the site and steal financial details.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your website are …
And let’s you fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite includes 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and cloud backup solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides WordPress security …
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Plugin #2 performs a range of essential file and site security functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 allows you to scan your plugins, themes, WP core files and content to see whether anything in your files has been changed, and repair the problem …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” 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 content without reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Tutorials Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes several video training guides and PDF/DOC guides that will teach you exactly what you need to do to protect your website from hackers and bots …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
For more details go here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product are really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as an easy-to-follow step-by-step training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which plugins you can install for free to get things done inexpensively.
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Being Freely Distributed – If you’re an information product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, website or blog can be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender make your your web site invisible to hackers and botnets.
The product covers the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting 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
- Monitor Files
- Link Tracking
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process for securing your site, addressing hosting security, using 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 security process. Image source: Blog Defender)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that plugin users have written about 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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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, since Blog Defender’s first release, no sites using Blog Defender were hacked.
Matt Garrett 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 is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers currently can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require 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 risk-free, 30 day, full money-back guarantee.
Plugin 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the plugin is being retailed for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product seller when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details:
Additional Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Use This Product
No matter what type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress core files, plugins and themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you learn what your responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your website is attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your installation easier.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Plugin
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