The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, and things are getting 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-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could yours 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)
As reported by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website is of no interest to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites provide an opportunity to gain some benefit at your expense.
If hackers can discover a web security flaw, your blog can then be used as a “bot” to attack other valuable websites.
The truth is that malicious bots are most likely scouring for security weaknesses and trying to break into your website as you are reading this page right now. Whether they can break in successfully or not, will depend on how difficult or easy you can make it for them to continue persisting until they can either work out a way to get access, or are forced to 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 scan …
(WordPress Security Check Screenshot image: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and information about your site …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information about your site, hackers can too.
(Screenshot image: Blog Defender)
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 can be useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about any exploitable vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to hackers and bots.
Blog Defender Security Suite
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 looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This site had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred within the site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to illustrate the fact that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your web site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
WP Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 WordPress plugins:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #1 lets you do automated backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud storage solutions using different backup methods (e.g. FTP), schedule full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text string replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides your website with security …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Plugin #2 performs a range of vital file and site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
The third plugin allows you to scan your website to detect whether code in your files has been changed, and repair any problems found …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious content have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without providing you anything of benefit in return).
Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes 7 step-by-step training modules (video) and training documentation that will show you exactly what to do to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
For more details go here:
Plugin Benefits
Here 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 Use In Very Little Time
The plugins included with Blog Defender are quite easy to install. Just upload a zip folder containing the plugins to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a useful do-it-yourself training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free plugins to install to get the job done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If you are an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Your Host – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, website or blog can get suspended by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. And if that isn’t painful enough, your contacts can be spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender offers many unique features to web site owners.
Blog Defender helps you fix all of the following security areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process for securing your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Product image: BlogDefender site)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments customers have provided for the Blog Defender security products:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett’s site, no websites protected by the product were hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
Matt Garrett also 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 tools developers can currently access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many web 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 no-risk, 30 day, full refund guarantee.
Plugin 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the Blog Defender software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
Regardless of the type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot afford to ignore the importance of securing your web site.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress software, plugins and themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you learn what your security responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major WordPress security holes without paying for costly solutions.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Suite
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