The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation 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.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com reported that 162,000 WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked 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 security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your site is of no interest to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website is an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.
If someone can find a way to access and control your blog, your web site can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target more valuable web sites.
The truth is that software-driven bots are most likely looking for weaknesses and trying to hack into your web site while you are reading these very words. Whether they can successfully break in depends on how difficult or easy you can make things for hackers to keep trying until they discover a way to get access, or are forced to give up and decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Scan Product image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check will display a number of results and details about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to access all of this information, hackers can too.
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Being able 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 on your server are all potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about potentially exploitable vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to hackers and bots.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Websites
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 BlogDefender began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended by the webhost. This particular blog was new and so had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and noticing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and steal their Paypal account details.
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience illustrates the fact that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …
And let’s you easily fix these …
Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite comes with 3 plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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This plugin lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. FTP), perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides a range of vital site security functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Plugin #3 lets you scan your content and files to detect whether any of your files have been tampered with, and repair the problem …
(Image source: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without offering you anything in return).
Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes seven videos plus written documentation that teach you exactly what to do to protect your website from malicious users …
(Source: BlogDefender site)
For more details go here:
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Installation Is Easy
The plugins are quite easy to install. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP administrator section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a DIY step-by-step training product that guides you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can install for free to get things done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits of the plugin include the following:
- Secure your WordPress 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 Prevent Intellectual Property Theft – If you are an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a site has been hacked, you should expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, account could be suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed by search engines. And if that is not enough to have to deal with, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details and financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender provides many features to web site owners.
The product helps you fix the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Host Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- Monitor Files
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides 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 website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot: Blog Defender)
User Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials plugin users have published about the Blog Defender security products:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”In the past month alone, I’ve had 3 niche blogs hacked, costing me hundreds of dollars in lost sales – all of which could have been avoided if I followed the steps in this training. I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than spending months building up a blog, adding posts every few days, and then finding it all gone in an instant. The great thing about these ‘over the shoulder’ videos is that you get to see exactly how to do everything, so it doesn’t matter if you’re technically challenged. Just copy what you see on the screen, and then relax knowing your blogs are safe. (Just one of the tips in the first video alone could probably have prevented my blogs getting hacked) I even noticed one or two tips in there that help with SEO too … so following these videos could even bring your blogs more traffic!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since the release of Blog Defender, no Blog Defender-secured websites or blogs have been hacked.
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 information and tools developers can currently harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, won’t cost you a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many 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.
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: Current pricing for Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was current when this article was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
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.
Buy This Product
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress core files, WordPress plugins and themes up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Adopting security procedures such as the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
For more information, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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