The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and the situation is only going to get worse.
You can safely 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+ legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could your website 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 cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website with a vulnerability can be an opportunity to hackers. A vulnerable blog provides hackers with a valuable platform for denial of service attacks, spreading malware and as a source of information theft.
If a hacker can find a security weakness, that blog can then be employed to attack more highly-valued sites.
The harsh reality is that hackers are probably scouring for weaknesses and trying to break into your website at this very moment. Whether they will successfully get into your site will depend on how challenging you can make it for them to keep trying until they find how to break in, or are forced to give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns various results and details about your WordPress setup …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the scanning tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, then hackers can too.
(Image source: Blog Defender)
The ability 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 on your server are all useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about any potential holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Websites & Blogs
Product Description
The product 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 the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This site had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside his site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
This simple example should be enough to illustrate the fact that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security holes …
And then shows you how to quickly and easily fix these …
WP Plugins
The product suite includes three plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
This plugin lets you do automated backups to your server, external servers and cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. FTP), schedule complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
The “WP Security” plugin performs a range of vital site protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin allows you to scan WordPress sites to detect whether any code in your files has been modified, and repair any problems it detects …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes videos and training guides that will teach you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Image source: BlogDefender.com)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
The plugins install just like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugins to your Plugins folder via your administrator login and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as an easy-to-follow training product that will take you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can install for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If you sell information products (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, account can get 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 or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Features
Blog Defender provides a number of features to WP users.
Blog Defender addresses the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WP 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
- File Monitoring
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process for securing your web site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WordPress themes and WordPress plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Source: BlogDefender.com)
User Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments that users have provided for the Blog Defender product suite:
”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
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released, no Blog Defender-protected sites have been hacked.
Matt 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.”
Cybersecurity is is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers currently can harness. 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 web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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 refund guarantee.
Software 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.. Price = $47.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information here:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your site is something you simply cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress software, WP plugins and WordPress 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 security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is 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 Security Product Suite
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