The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is rising, and the situation is getting worse.
It’s safe to 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 162,000 WordPress-powered web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites 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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website or blog has no value to hackers, but the reality is that every website is valuable to a malicious user.
If a hacker can find a software vulnerability in your security, your website can then be employed as a “bot” in a planned cyber-attack against more valuable websites.
The reality is that brute-force software bots are looking for vulnerabilities and trying to break into your blog at this very moment. Whether they will successfully get into your site or not, depends on how hard you can make it for hackers to keep trying until they work out how to get in, or give up and go look for a more vulnerable target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Scan Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and information about your site setup …
(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 website, hackers can too.
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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 valuable information to hackers, as these can inform them about any security weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Solution
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 developer of BlogDefender began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by its hosting company. This site was almost brand new and had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within his site, as well as the addition of several malicious files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
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Matt’s experience provides the valuable lesson that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your WordPress site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite includes 3 plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud-based solutions using different backup methods (e.g. FTP), perform full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text string replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
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This plugin provides a range of essential site and file protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 allows you to scan your content and files to see if code in your files has been found, and fix any problems it finds …
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Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without reciprocating the favor).
Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 video training modules and downloadable guides that will show you exactly what you need to do to protect your website from hackers and bots …
(Source: Blog Defender)
Go here to learn more about this plugin:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below are just some of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
The plugins included with Blog Defender install like any WP plugin. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free WordPress plugins to use to get the job done.
Additional benefits include:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells info products (e.g. downloadable e-books, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. During this time, your, sites could be suspended by your webhost, or even blacklisted in search engines. In addition, your contacts can end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details could be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender hide your website or blog from hackers and malicious botnets.
The product helps you fix the following areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitoring Files
- Link Tracking
- 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 to help protect your web site, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that plugin customers have published about Blog Defender:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no Blog Defender-secured websites were hacked since Blog Defender’s release.
Matt Garrett also 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 an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools that developers can get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most premium 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, thirty day, complete money-back guarantee.
Software Price
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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: The price of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product seller when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you cannot afford to ignore the importance of website security.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress installation, WP plugins and WordPress themes up-to-date, tightening file and data protection 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 site is hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your site easier.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress Web Sites
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