The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and the situation is only going to get worse.
You can safely 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 began reporting that 160,000+ WordPress-powered web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Could yours be next?
(Source: BlogDefender site)
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 security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website offers little to no value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites have value to a malicious user.
If hackers can exploit a vulnerability, your website or blog can then be employed as a “bot” in a planned cyberattack against more highly-valued web sites.
The truth is that malicious bots are looking for weaknesses and trying to hack into your site right now. Whether they will hack into your site successfully will depend on how difficult or easy you will make things for hackers to continue trying until they work out a way to get in, or are forced to decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(WordPress Security Scan Source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test will return various results and information about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your website, hackers can too.
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
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 on your server can all be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about potential security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This particular blog had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside his server, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience shows that that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress site are …
And then shows you how to quickly fix these …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes three plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Image source: Blog Defender)
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), schedule full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides WordPress security …
(Product image: BlogDefender website)
This plugin provides a range of essential website security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin lets you scan your content and files to see whether code in your files has been found, and fix any problems it uncovers …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Plugin #3 “WordPress 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 content without reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Video Training
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes seven video training modules and printable guides that show you exactly how to protect your site from malicious users …
(Product image source: BlogDefender website)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The Blog Defender plugins install just like any regular plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a 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 plugins you can use for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products From Theft – If your site sells digital products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, you should expect to go through a great deal of frustration 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 closed by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. And if this isn’t painful enough, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender was designed to keeps your site and your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender helps you fix the following issues:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Tracking Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical sequence of steps to help secure your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Image source: Blog Defender)
Feedback From Users
Below are just some testimonials and feedback plugin users have submitted regarding the Blog Defender security 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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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Plugin Tips
According to Matt Garrett’s site, no Blog Defender-protected websites have been hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
Matt Garrett, 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.”
Cybersecurity is is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, doesn’t cost you a fortune and it’s as good if not better than most web 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, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Product 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 to purchase Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get The Product
No matter what type 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 web sites.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP software, plugins and WordPress themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site to malicious by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security procedure such as the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your installation easier.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Web Sites
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