The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and the situation is only going to get worse.
You can safely 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 web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are attacked every year! Could yours be next?
(Source: 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)
As reported by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog has no significant value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website provides an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.
If a hacker can find a way to gain stealth control of your website, your blog can then be employed to target larger and more highly-valued web sites.
The harsh reality is that hackers are looking for exploits and trying to hack into your blog at this very moment. Whether they can get in successfully or not, depends on how difficult you have made things for them to continue trying until they can find a way to break in, or are forced to give up and go look for a less protected target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(WP Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check will display a number of results and information about your site …
(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 freely access all of this information, so can hackers.
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
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 valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any exploitable security weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
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 creator of the BlogDefender security suit began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This site was quite new and so had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being informed by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to lure visitors to the site and steal their Paypal account details.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
This example is evidence that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your web site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes three plugins for WordPress:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #1 lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), schedule full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides your WP web site with security …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
The “WordPress Security” plugin performs a range of essential file and site protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” scans your website to detect whether anything in your files has been changed, and repair problems …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
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 any reciprocal benefit or value in return).
Blog Defender – Step-By-Step Training Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes 7 videos plus PDF/DOC documentation that will show you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Benefits
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 web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure
The plugins install just like every WP plugin. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WordPress administrator area and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that takes you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can use for free to get things done.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If you’re an information product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website has been hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, site could be closed by your host, or even blacklisted by search engines. And if that is not painful enough, your contacts can be spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender offers many features to WordPress users.
Blog Defender provides fixes for all of the following security areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- 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 Blocking
- Monitoring Files
- Link Tracking
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening 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 identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials plugin customers have provided for the Blog Defender product:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.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 website, no Blog Defender-protected websites were hacked since Blog Defender’s first release in 2012.
The product developer 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 an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers presently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, won’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Plugin Pricing
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: The cost to purchase this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price shown above was current when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product developer when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get This Product
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your websites is something you cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP installation, plugins and themes are kept up-to-date, 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 if the security on your website is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without paying a lot of money.
To learn more, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
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