The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and this is getting worse.
You can safely assume that if you haven’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 began reporting that over 162,000 WordPress-powered web sites 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)
As described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your site has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that all websites have some value to a malicious user.
If a hacker can exploit a web software vulnerability and compromise the control of your web site, your website or blog can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target more valuable sites.
The harsh reality is that brute-force software bots are trying to break into your website or blog as you are reading this article. Whether they will get into your site will depend on how challenging you have made things for hackers to keep persisting until they either can discover how to get access, or are forced to decide to look for a less protected target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test will return various results and information about your website …
(WP security check results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information, then 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 can all be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This blog was devoid of content and had practically nothing of 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 taken place inside his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack their Paypal account details.
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This example shows that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your website are …
And let’s you easily fix these …
Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite of products includes three plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and popular cloud storage solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
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The “WP Security” plugin performs a range of vital website protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” scans your plugins, themes and WordPress core files to detect whether any code in your files has been tampered with, and fix problems …
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Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious content have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without offering anything of value in return).
Training Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes several video training guides plus written guides that show you exactly what to do to protect your website from hackers …
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More info:
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Easy And Fast To Install
The plugins install just like every other WP plugin. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a practical and useful training product that walks 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 you should use to get the job done.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If your site sells info products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Your Host – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, site can be suspended by your webhost, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, 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 a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender provides a number of great features to web site owners.
The product covers the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- Monitoring Files
- Track Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating 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 hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky WP themes and WP plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that customers have published about the Blog Defender product suite:
”Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re too small or not important enough to be hacked! I’ve found out that I’ve had bots in the backend of my sites, making alterations and changing things around, so there’s no telling what damage they’ve caused. I’ve had my main blog for over 3 years now, and the thought of losing all the hard work I’ve put into it is just devastating, not to mention costly! I have a shared hosting plan, so of course once they can get into one site, they can also access the others. Luckily, I now have the procedures detailed within Blog Defender in place so that I can prevent the majority of this ever happening again. Once you’ve secured one site it gets a lot quicker to secure all subsequent sites. With Blog Defender, you get easy-to-follow videos, along with a detailed checklist that you can downloadf. You are literally walked through the process of securing your blog against hackers, which has given me real peace of mind. This is a growing issue that all website owners are facing; so it isn’t going to go away. Prevention is better than cure, particularly as some of the nastier hacks around can literally ruin your business. So do yourself a favour – get your sites protected now, before it’s too late.” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.com
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”Since working with blogs, I… like many others, have been concerned about how to handle the constant threat of blog attacks. After having a look at Blog Defender you can’t help but become most aware of the vulnerable areas all bloggers need to protect. Blog Defender is viable WordPress blog security prevention system that offers video instruction along with 3 software plugins that are free to download. The instruction shows the optimum settings on how to use the free plugins that will allow you top level force against blog hacker attacks.” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released in 2012, no websites using Blog Defender have been hacked.
Matt 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 is a constant game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, doesn’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than most 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 risk-free, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Product 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.
Note: The cost to purchase Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current price at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install The Plugins
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, website security is something you simply cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your websites are hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major security risks without paying for costly solutions.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Websites
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