The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and the situation is only going to get worse.
It’s probably 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 reported that 160,000+ legitimate WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked 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)
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 the information in your site is of little value to hackers, but the reality is that every website is valuable to a malicious user.
If a malicious user can exploit a security vulnerability that allows them to gain remote control of your website, that website can then be used as part of a larger network of “bots” to target other highly-valued web sites.
The reality is that hackers are probably trying to break into your blog right now. Whether they can break in successfully depends on how difficult you will make it for them to keep persisting until they discover how 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 scan …
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You will see that the check will yield various results and information about your site …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress site, then so can hackers.
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Being able to see what version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed on your site, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories on your server can all be useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and help to protect it against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender
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 the BlogDefender security suit began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular site was fairly new and had practically no value to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within the server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to lure unsuspecting visitors to the site and hijack their Paypal account information.
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This example demonstrates that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you fix these quickly …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
The Blog Defender security product includes three plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
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Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. FTP), perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
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Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides a range of vital file and site security functions (see “Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your files and content to see whether anything in your files has been changed, and fix the problem …
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your work without providing you any benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Training Videos
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes video training guides plus PDF/DOC documentation that will show you exactly how to protect your website from malicious users …
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For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Ready To Use In No Time
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Just upload a zip file containing the plugins to your Plugins folder via your admin user account and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a practical training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins to use to get things done.
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Secure Your Info Products – If you sell a digital product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website is hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. Your, website could get closed by your webhost, or even blacklisted in search engines. And if that is not painful enough, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details and financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender offers many features to website owners.
The product addresses the following issues:
- Host Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitoring Files
- Track Links
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help secure your your WordPress installation, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that users have written about Blog Defender:
”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 product’s site, no Blog Defender-secured sites were hacked since Blog Defender’s first release.
The product developer 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 is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge 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 premium 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 refund guarantee.
Product Pricing
Blog Defender is normally available for personal use only 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.
Note: Pricing for Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the software sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, 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 cannot ignore the importance of securing your site.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress software, WordPress plugins and WP themes, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site 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 websites are hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your site easier.
For full details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender
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