The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, and this is only going to get worse.
It’s probably safe to 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 162,000 WordPress 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)
According to leading security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website or blog provides no value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites provide an opportunity to benefit at your expense.
If hackers can discover a weakness in the security that allows them to gain access and control of your blog, that blog can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target other valuable sites.
The harsh reality is that malicious bots are very likely looking for exploits and trying to break into your website or blog right now. Whether they will hack into your site successfully or not, depends on how difficult you have made it for hackers to continue trying until they can either discover a way to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test will yield a number of results and information about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WP security scan results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can access all of this information, 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 in your site are all valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This particular blog was quite new and so had literally nothing to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of the event after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.
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Matt’s experience illustrates the fact that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your website are …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite includes 3 plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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This plugin lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud solutions using different backup methods, automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
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This plugin provides a range of site security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your files and content to see whether anything has been modified, and repair the problem …
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Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without reciprocating the favor).
Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes videos plus PDF/DOC guides that show you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
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Go here to learn more about this plugin:
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Set Up
The Blog Defender plugins are really easy to install. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugins to your Plugins folder via your WordPress administrator account and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a step-by-step training product that will take you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can install for free to get the job done without paying for unnecessary expenses.
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells information products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Search Engines – When a website is hacked, you should expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, account can get suspended by your host, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, your contacts can be spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress web site from hackers and botnets.
The product helps you fix the following security areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WP 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
- Link Monitoring
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process for securing your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
User Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials and comments that users have provided for the Blog Defender security products:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”My business is built around the WordPress platform and I’m embarrassed to admin I’ve been slack in the security department. However, Matt’s training soon put that right! I followed each detailed video to the letter and discovered some incredible security tricks and plugins I’d never heard of before. Better still, all the plugins were free to download too! The end result? My WordPress membership site is now locked down tighter than Parkhurst at midnight and if anybody tries hacking it, I’ll be the first to know! thanks again Matt, I’m off to secure the rest of the blogs in my portfolio!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released, no Blog Defender-protected websites or blogs have been hacked.
Matt Garrett 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.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and technologies that developers currently can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most web 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, complete refund guarantee.
Product License Price
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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: Pricing for the Blog Defender product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price at the time this content was written. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
No matter what type 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 ignore.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you understand what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your site easier.
For more details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite
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