The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and it’s only going to get worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’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 reported that over 160,000+ legitimate WordPress-powered web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could yours 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 websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website or blog has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites are an opportunity to benefit or profit at your expense.
If a hacker can find a way to break in and remotely take control of your site, your website or blog can then be used to attack larger and more highly-valued web sites.
The harsh reality is that brute-force software bots are most likely trying to hack into your site while you are reading this article right now. Whether they can break in successfully depends on how hard you will make it for hackers to keep trying until they can discover a way to get access, or decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Scan Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and details about your website …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can access all of this information, then hackers can too.
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
The ability to see which 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 in your site can be useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about potential holes or weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended by its webhost. This particular blog was not being used and had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being contacted by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive visitors to the site and steal financial details.
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This example should be enough to illustrate the fact that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for security holes …
And let’s you fix these quickly …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite comes with three plugins:
Plugin #1 in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, external servers and well-known 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 websites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your site with security …
(Source: Blog Defender)
This plugin performs a range of site and file protection functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your WP plugins, WP themes and core files to detect whether any of your files have been modified, and fix problems …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 offering you anything of value in return).
Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes seven video training modules and downloadable guides that teach you exactly what to do to protect your website from malicious users …
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Learn more here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement
The plugins install like any WP plugin. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugins to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user login and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a DIY step-by-step training product that takes 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 install to get things done.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If you’re an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, blog can be suspended by your webhost, or even blacklisted in search engines. In addition, your contacts can be spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender provides a number of features to web site owners.
The product covers the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- File Monitoring
- Monitoring Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments that customers have submitted regarding the Blog Defender product:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.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 product’s website, no websites or blogs using Blog Defender have been hacked since Blog Defender’s original release.
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 never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress 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.
Product 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, 100% refund guarantee.
Software 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: The cost to purchase the Blog Defender software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details here:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
We Recommend
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 web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress core files, plugins and themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you learn what your security responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your website is hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For full details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite
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