The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and it’s getting worse.
It’s probably safe to assume that if you haven’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 began reporting that 162,000 WordPress-powered sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
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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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a vulnerability provides some degree of opportunity to hackers. If you think that the information in your website offers little to no value to hackers, think again. Large, medium and small business web sites, personal blogs, government web sites … even websites owned by online security experts can and have been targeted.
If a hacker can find a vulnerability in the system, the website or blog can then be used as part of a larger network of “bots” to target more valuable web sites.
The reality is that software-driven bots are very likely trying to hack into your blog right now. Whether they can break into your site will depend on how hard or easy you will make it for hackers or botnets to keep trying until they can discover how to get access, or are forced to give up and decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and information about your website setup …
(website security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the scanning tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information, so can hackers.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
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 can be useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, 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 blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This site was quite new and had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside the site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to lure visitors to the site and steal their Paypal account information.
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Matt’s experience provides the valuable lesson that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your WordPress site are …
And let’s you fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
The product suite includes three plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Product image: BlogDefender website)
The plugin lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud-based storage solutions using a number of 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), search and replace text in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your WordPress website with security …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides a range of vital file and site protection functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans your plugins, WP themes, core files and content to see if code in your files has been altered, and fix the problem …
(Image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 people benefit from your work without providing anything of benefit in return).
Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes seven step-by-step video tutorial modules and downloadable guides that teach you exactly how to protect your website from malicious attacks …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Learn more about the plugin here:
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time
The Blog Defender plugins install just like every other WP plugin. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin area and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that will walk you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins you should install to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional plugin benefits 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.
- Secure Your Info Products – If you’re an info product creator (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website has been hacked, you should expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, account can be suspended by your host, or even deindexed by search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender offers many great features to website owners.
The product helps you fix the following security areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Link Tracking
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help protect your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and WP plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Product image source: BlogDefender site)
User Feedback
Below are some of the testimonials plugin users have published about Blog Defender:
“You are literally walked through the process!” 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 the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no websites or blogs secured by the solution have been hacked since Blog Defender’s first release.
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.”
Cybersecurity is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers currently can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most premium security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Plugin 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, thirty day, full refund guarantee.
Plugin 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.. Price = $47.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product author when you visit the site and you may be shown 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, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install The Plugins
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot ignore the importance of securing your websites.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like making sure that your WordPress installation, WordPress plugins and themes are kept 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 security responsibilities as a website owner 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 process of securing your site easier.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Product Suite
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