The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and things are only going to get worse.
It’s safe to assume that if you haven’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 over 160,000+ legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
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 sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your site has no value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites are an opportunity to benefit at your expense.
If hackers can discover a security vulnerability that lets them gain remote control of your website, the website can then be employed as a “bot” to attack larger and more valuable sites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are most likely searching for exploits and trying to break into your blog right now. Whether they will achieve this will depend on how challenging you can make things for them to continue trying until they work out a way to get access, or give up and decide to look for an easier target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(Website Security Scan Product image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test will yield a number of results and information about your website setup …
(WP security scan results. Image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to freely access all of this information, so can hackers.
(Image source: BlogDefender site)
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 on your server are all useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about any exploitable security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular site had literally no value to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within the site, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to drive unsuspecting visitors to the site and steal Paypal account details.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your website are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
WordPress Plugins
Blog Defender comes with three plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #1 lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #2 provides a range of vital site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your content and files to see if code in your files has been found, and fix the problem …
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without offering you anything of benefit in return).
Video Training
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes 7 training modules in video format plus training guides that teach you exactly what you need to do to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Source: Blog Defender)
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Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
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 plugins included in the Blog Defender product install like every other plugin. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free WordPress plugins to install to get things done without incurring additional costs.
Additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protect Your Info Products – If you are an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, blog can be closed by your host, or even deindexed in search engines. In addition, your personal contacts could be spammed, your subscriber 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 provides many great features to website owners.
The product provides fixes for the following security areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- 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
- File Monitoring
- Track Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process for securing your web site, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
User Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments users have submitted regarding the Blog Defender security suite:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.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 product’s website, no Blog Defender-secured sites were hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
The product developer also 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.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools that developers can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier 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.
Blog Defender 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, 30 day, complete money-back guarantee.
Plugin 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the software sells for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Use This Product
Regardless of the 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 website security.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security procedures such as the one Blog Defender provides, will help you learn what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your installation easier.
For full details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Solution For WordPress Websites & Blogs
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