The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and things are getting worse.
It’s safe to assume that if you haven’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com reported that 160,000+ WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could yours be next?
(Image: BlogDefender.com)
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 well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website provides little to no value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites are valuable to a malicious user.
If someone can exploit a security opening in your system that lets them gain remote access and control of your site, your blog can then be employed to attack more valued web sites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are very likely trying to hack into your blog as you are reading this page at this very moment. Whether they will hack into your site successfully or not, will depend on how difficult you have made it for hackers or botnets to continue trying until they either work out a way to get in, or give up and decide to 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 Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WP Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns various results and information about your website setup …
(WordPress security check results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your blog, then so can hackers.
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Being able 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 can all be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about exploitable security vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular blog had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place within the site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into his site.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience shows that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security holes …
And then shows you how to quickly fix these …
WordPress Plugins
The product suite comes with three WordPress plugins:
The first plugin in the product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Plugin #1 lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and cloud solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot image: Blog Defender)
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” performs a range of vital website protection functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans your web site to detect if anything in your files has been found, and repair the problem …
(Source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your content without providing you anything in return).
Video Tutorials
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes training videos plus training documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your website from malicious attacks …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits 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 install just like every plugin. Just upload them to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a useful do-it-yourself 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 free WordPress plugins you should use to get things done.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Secure your website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Theft – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. Your, sites can get closed by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. In addition, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Features
Blog Defender provides a number of features to site owners.
Blog Defender addresses the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- 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
- File Monitoring
- Tracking Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps for securing your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WP themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Image source: BlogDefender website)
Feedback From Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials and feedback customers have provided for the Blog Defender solution:
”I’ve had to go through the inconvenience of a hacked blog before and let me tell you it’s not nice. With online security becoming an increasing problem, especially with WordPress, this is a great way to secure your blog. I’ll be following Matt’s training and securing all my blogs…Great job.” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.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 plugin’s site, since the release of Blog Defender, no websites protected by the product were hacked.
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 perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools that developers can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require 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.
Blog Defender 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, full money-back guarantee.
Product License Pricing
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: The price of the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
In Conclusion
No matter what type 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 securing your website or blog.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WP installation, WordPress plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you learn what your 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 major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For more information, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
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