The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and the situation is getting worse.
It’s probably safe to assume that if your website or blog hasn’t been hacked yet, then it’s inevitable that at some point in time someone will attempt to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that 160,000+ WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are attacked every year! Could yours be next?
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a security vulnerability can present an opportunity to hackers. A vulnerable web site not only provides new hackers opportunities to improve their skills and win “respect” from their peers, but it can also be a platform for launching DDoS attacks, spreading malware and participating in information theft.
If a hacker can find a security flaw in your system that lets them remotely take control of your site, that blog can then be employed as a “bot” to attack more highly-valued websites.
The harsh reality is that software-driven bots are most likely trying to hack into your web site as you are reading this. Whether they can do this successfully will depend on how challenging you can make things for hackers and botnets to continue trying until they can work out a way to get in, or give up and go look for an easier target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Scan Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will yield various results and information about your website …
(WP security scan results. Image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this tool that if you are able to see all of this information, then so can hackers.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
The ability to see which 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 in your site are all potentially valuable information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable security weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender Security Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother got hacked into. This particular site was almost brand new and had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place within the site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into his site.
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
This example illustrates the fact that every website has value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your website are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
Plugins
Blog Defender comes with 3 plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud-based storage solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), schedule full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides WordPress security …
(Source: Blog Defender)
The plugin provides a range of site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 lets you scan WordPress sites to see whether anything has been modified, and fix any problems it uncovers …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your work without reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Video Training
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender WordPress security product suite also includes a number of video training plus training documentation that will show you exactly what to do to protect your website from hackers …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
To learn more about this plugin go here:
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
The plugins install like every WordPress plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a DIY training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which plugins you can use for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products From Being Freely Distributed – If you’re an info product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Suspended By Your Web Host And Banned By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, site could be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, your contacts could end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender provides many features to WP users.
The product addresses the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Tracking
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical sequence of steps to help secure your site, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
User Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials that customers have written about Blog Defender:
”I’ve had to go through the inconvenience of a hacked blog before and let me tell you it’s not nice. With online security becoming an increasing problem, especially with WordPress, this is a great way to secure your blog. I’ll be following Matt’s training and securing all my blogs…Great job.” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.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 developer, Matt Garrett, since Blog Defender’s first release in 2012, no Blog Defender-protected websites were hacked.
Matt 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 escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers presently 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 web 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, 30 day, complete money-back 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Note: Pricing for Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the software is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin seller when you visit the website 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 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, you cannot afford to ignore the importance of website security.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress installation, plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
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 hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress website easier.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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