The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is getting worse.
It’s 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 reported that over 160,000+ WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Could yours be next?
(Source: Blog Defender)
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)
According to security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every web site with a vulnerability can present an opportunity to hackers. A compromised web site not only presents wannabe hackers opportunities to improve their hacking skills and claim “bragging rights” from their peers, but it can also acts as a resource for distributed attacks, spreading malware and defrauding site visitors through information theft.
If a malicious user can exploit a security flaw and control your site, that website or blog can then be used as a “bot” in a planned cyberattack against larger and more valued web sites.
The truth is that hackers are most likely trying to break into your website at this very moment. Whether they can be successful or not, depends on how difficult or easy you can make things for hackers or bots to continue persisting until they discover how to get in, or give up and decide to look for a less protected target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
If you visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Website Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan returns various results and information about your website …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, so can hackers.
(Source: 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 potentially valuable information to hackers, as this can inform them about any potential security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Product Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress 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 site he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This particular blog was almost brand new and had practically no value to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place within his server, as well as the addition of several malicious files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
This example shows that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for security weaknesses …
And let’s you easily fix these …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite comes with 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), perform full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text in your database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
Plugin #2 performs a range of vital file and site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your plugins, themes, core files and content to detect if code in your files has been modified, and fix any problems found …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
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 others benefit from your work without providing any benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 step-by-step video training modules and training guides that show you exactly what to do to protect your website from hackers …
(Product image: Blog Defender)
To learn more about the plugin go here:
Plugin Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement
The plugins install like any regular WP plugin. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugins to your Plugin folder via your WP admin section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical and useful training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free WordPress plugins to use to get the job done without paying extra expenses.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells an info product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video training, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Suspended By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, website can be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted by search engines. And if that is not painful enough, 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.
Features
Blog Defender make your your WordPress website or blog invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender covers the following security areas:
- Hosting 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
- File Monitoring
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process for securing your your WordPress installation, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Source: BlogDefender website)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have provided for Blog Defender:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”My business is built around the WordPress platform and I’m embarrassed to admin I’ve been slack in the security department. However, Matt’s training soon put that right! I followed each detailed video to the letter and discovered some incredible security tricks and plugins I’d never heard of before. Better still, all the plugins were free to download too! The end result? My WordPress membership site is now locked down tighter than Parkhurst at midnight and if anybody tries hacking it, I’ll be the first to know! thanks again Matt, I’m off to secure the rest of the blogs in my portfolio!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Plugin Tips
According to Matt Garrett’s site, no sites using Blog Defender have been hacked since Blog Defender was originally released.
Matt Garrett, 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 harness. 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 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, thirty day, complete refund guarantee.
Plugin Price
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: Pricing details of Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WP core files, plugins and WP themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security procedures like the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you understand 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 site is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
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