The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, and it’s only going to get worse.
You can safely 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 reported that over 162,000 WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could yours be next?
(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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a vulnerability offers some value to hackers. An unsecured website or blog offers malicious users with a resource to launch DDoS attacks, spread malware and use your site to defraud others.
If hackers can exploit a vulnerability that allows them to gain remote control of your website, the web site can then be used as a “bot” to attack other valuable websites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are probably trying to hack into your blog at this very moment. Whether they can hack into your site or not, will depend on how difficult you have made things for hackers and bots to keep persisting until they find how to get access, or are forced to decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Check Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan returns various results and information about your website …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the scanning tool that if you can freely access all of this information, hackers can too.
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
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 are all valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any potential holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and help to protect it against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Solution
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This site was not being used and had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within the server, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to lure unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack financial details.
(Product image: Blog Defender)
This example illustrates the fact that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for potential security weaknesses …
And let’s you quickly fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and popular cloud backup solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
(Product image source: BlogDefender website)
The “WordPress Security” plugin performs a range of site security functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans your WP plugins, themes, core files and content to see if code in your files has been altered, and fix problems …
(Screenshot image: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your content without reciprocating the favor).
Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender security product suite also includes step-by-step tutorial videos and written documentation that will show you exactly what you need to do to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
For more details go here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Set Up
The Blog Defender plugins install like every plugin. Simply upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WP admin account and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical 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 plugins to install to get things done.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If you sell an information product (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website is hacked, you should expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, sites could get suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed in search engines. And if that is not painful enough, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business and financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress web site from hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you fix all of the following issues:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Monitoring Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help protect your your WordPress installation, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that plugin users have provided for Blog Defender:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.com
***
”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 the product’s site, since Blog Defender’s first release, no Blog Defender-protected websites or blogs have been 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 that developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t require 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.
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, full refund guarantee.
Software 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 Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was correct at the time this content was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin author when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get The Product
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, website security is something you cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP software, plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your website easier.
For complete details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender
***
***