The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is rising, and the situation is getting worse.
You can safely 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 over 160,000+ WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every blog with a vulnerability can can provide an opportunity to hackers. A compromised blog not only presents hackers opportunities to improve their hacking skills and claim “bragging rights” from their peers, but it can also serve as a resource for distributed attacks, spreading malware and defrauding online users through information theft.
If a hacker can find a security flaw, the website can then be used as a “bot” to attack larger and more valuable websites.
The harsh reality is that brute-force software bots are probably searching for weaknesses and trying to hack into your site at this very moment. Whether they will do this successfully or not, will depend on how hard or easy you can make it for hackers or botnets to keep trying until they work out a way to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Scan Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns various results and details about your site setup …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can access all of this information about your WordPress website, then so can hackers.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
The ability 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 be valuable information to hackers, as this can inform them about any holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and help to protect it against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender
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 developer of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by the webhost. This blog had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside the site, as well as the addition of several malicious files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience shows that that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …
And let’s you fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite includes three plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud-based backup solutions using a number of backup methods, perform full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
The second plugin provides your site with security …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin performs a range of vital website protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your content and files to see if anything has been modified, and fix problems …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your content without reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Step-By-Step Tutorial Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 step-by-step video training modules plus printable guides that will teach you exactly what to do to protect your website from hackers and bots …
(Source: Blog Defender)
Learn more about the plugin here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below 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 web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product are very easy to install. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a do-it-yourself training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free WordPress plugins you should use to get things done.
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, website or blog can be closed by your host, or even deindexed in search engines. And if that isn’t enough to have to deal with, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress website or blog from hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender helps you fix all of the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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
- File Monitoring
- Link Tracking
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical sequence of steps for securing your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, 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 security process. Source: BlogDefender website)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments that customers have provided for the Blog Defender solution:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.com
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“Sure wish I’d had this before I lost over a dozen blogs just recently!” Kathe Lucas – www.wackycentral.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, no Blog Defender-secured websites or blogs were hacked since Blog Defender’s 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.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers can get their hands on. 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 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 risk-free, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.
Product 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: Pricing details of the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support 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, you cannot ignore the importance of web security.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress software, WP plugins and WordPress themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you learn what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your site easier.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
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