The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and this is only going to get worse.
It’s probably safe to assume that if you haven’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+ legitimate WordPress-powered sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could your website 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your site has no significant value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites are valuable to a malicious user.
If a hacker can discover a vulnerability, your website can then be employed to target other valued web sites.
The reality is that hackers are very likely trying to hack into your website while you are reading this article. Whether they will get into your site successfully or not, will depend on how difficult you have made things for them to continue persisting until they can discover a way to break in, or give up and go 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 a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Scan Product image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns various results and details about your website setup …
(website security check results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, so can hackers.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
The ability 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 all be useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about any potential security vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and botnets.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender 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 BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This site was new and so had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to lure visitors to the site and hijack Paypal account information.
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Matt’s experience is evidence that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes three plugins:
The first plugin in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and well-known cloud storage solutions using a number of backup methods, schedule full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
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This plugin performs a range of vital file and site security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your WordPress plugins, WP themes, WP core files and content to detect if any of your files have been tampered with, and repair problems …
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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 people benefit from your work without providing you any reciprocal benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Video Training
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender security suite also includes seven training modules in video format and downloadable documentation that show you exactly how to protect your website from hackers and bots …
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Go here to learn more:
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use
The plugins included with Blog Defender are really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as an easy-to-follow do-it-yourself step-by-step training product that will take you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free WordPress plugins you should install to get the job done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products – If you sell a digital product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Your Host – When a site is 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. Your, site can get closed by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. And if this is not enough to have to deal with, 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 a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress website or blog from hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender helps you fix the following areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- WordPress 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
- Monitor Files
- Tracking Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical sequence of steps to help secure your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Image source: BlogDefender site)
Testimonials From Customers
Here are some of the testimonials that plugin customers have published about Blog Defender:
”Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re too small or not important enough to be hacked! I’ve found out that I’ve had bots in the backend of my sites, making alterations and changing things around, so there’s no telling what damage they’ve caused. I’ve had my main blog for over 3 years now, and the thought of losing all the hard work I’ve put into it is just devastating, not to mention costly! I have a shared hosting plan, so of course once they can get into one site, they can also access the others. Luckily, I now have the procedures detailed within Blog Defender in place so that I can prevent the majority of this ever happening again. Once you’ve secured one site it gets a lot quicker to secure all subsequent sites. With Blog Defender, you get easy-to-follow videos, along with a detailed checklist that you can downloadf. You are literally walked through the process of securing your blog against hackers, which has given me real peace of mind. This is a growing issue that all website owners are facing; so it isn’t going to go away. Prevention is better than cure, particularly as some of the nastier hacks around can literally ruin your business. So do yourself a favour – get your sites protected now, before it’s too late.” 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
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender’s first release, no Blog Defender-protected websites have been hacked.
The product developer 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 can currently get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require 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 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 no-risk, 30 day, complete money-back 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.
Note: The price of Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Download 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 simply cannot ignore the importance of web security.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP core files, plugins and WP 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’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 task of securing your WordPress installation easier.
For complete details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Plugin
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