The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and the situation is getting 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 began reporting that over 162,000 WordPress sites 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 cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website with a vulnerability has value to hackers. An unsecured website presents malicious users with a platform to launch DDoS attacks, spread malware and use your website to steal information from online users.
If a malicious user can find a security flaw that allows them to remotely take control of your site, the site can then be used as a “bot” to attack larger and more valued web sites.
The truth is that software-driven bots are very likely looking for vulnerabilities and trying to hack into your site as you are reading this right now. Whether they can get in successfully depends on how hard you will make it for hackers to keep trying until they either find a way to get access, or are forced to give up and go 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 Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WP Security Scan Product image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the test will yield a number of results and details about your WordPress installation …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your website, hackers can too.
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
The ability to see which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories are all potentially useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about potential security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to hackers and bots.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
Product Description
The product is a suite 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 to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This particular site was not being used and had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within his server, as well as the addition of several malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Source: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that every website has value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security holes …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite includes 3 WordPress plugins:
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud-based solutions using different backup methods (e.g. Email), automate complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text replacements in databases, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your WordPress site with security …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
The “WordPress Security” plugin performs a range of essential website protection functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” lets you scan your website to detect if any code in your files has been changed, and fix any problems it finds …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender security suite also includes 7 video training modules plus written guides that will show you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
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Learn more about the plugin here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Here are 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:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product install just like every other WordPress plugin. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a do-it-yourself training product that will walk you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free plugins to use to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- 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.
- Protect Your Info Products – If your site sells a digital product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website has been hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, blog could get suspended by your webhost, or even blacklisted by search engines. And if that is not painful enough, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details could be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress website from hackers and malicious botnets.
The product covers the following areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- 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
- File Monitoring
- Monitoring Links
- Block Known Offenders
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your web site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot: Blog Defender)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have published about the Blog Defender product:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.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 site, no Blog Defender-protected websites were hacked since Blog Defender’s release.
Matt Garrett, the product developer 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.”
The war on hackers is is a constant game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers presently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, doesn’t cost a fortune 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% 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was correct at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the site 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 Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
We Recommend
No matter what type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot ignore the importance of securing your web site.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting basic 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.
Blog Defender helps you understand what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your website is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
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