The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and it’s getting worse.
It’s safe to assume that if your website or blog hasn’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time before someone attempts to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that 162,000 legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Source: 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)
According to leading security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every blog with a vulnerability provides some value opportunity to hackers. An unsecured website presents malicious users with a resource for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, spreading malware and to engage in information theft.
If someone can exploit a way to compromise the control of your web site, the website can then be employed as a “bot” in a planned cyber-attack against larger and more highly-valued web sites.
The truth is that malicious bots are very likely trying to break into your website or blog at this very moment. Whether they can get into your site successfully will depend on how difficult or easy you will make things for hackers to continue persisting until they find a way to break in, or give up and decide to look for a less secure 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 scan …
(WordPress Security Scan Screenshot image: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns a number of results and details about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WP security scan results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information, then so can hackers.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
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 this informs them about exploitable security weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and help to protect it against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Suite
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This site had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
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 site, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience is evidence that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
The product suite comes with three plugins:
Plugin #1 in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), schedule complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
(Product image: Blog Defender)
Plugin #2 performs a range of vital website protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin scans WordPress sites to see if anything in your files has been changed, and fix any problems it uncovers …
(Screenshot image: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without reciprocating the favor).
Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes 7 step-by-step video tutorial modules plus training guides that teach you exactly what to do to protect your site from malicious attacks …
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
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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 website:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The Blog Defender plugins install like every plugin. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a 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 WordPress plugins you can install for free to get things done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protect Your Info Products – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, account can get closed by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. In addition, your contacts could end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details could be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Features
Blog Defender provides a number of great features to WP users.
The product addresses the following issues:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your web site, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WP themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Source: Blog Defender)
Feedback From Plugin Users
Here are a few of the testimonials that users have written about Blog Defender:
”This is probably one of those times you ask yourself ‘do I really need this product?’ Let’s face it, on the surface it’s not going to immediately put more money in your pocket or even add some cool new gizmo to your site… The truth is yes you do and you need it now. I’ve been in the online business for 10+ years and had my fair share of hacked sites which have cost me time and money (lots of it)…I’ve also seen a good number of people have their reputations and entire businesses left in tatters when their sites have been hacked. Right now is the time to act, because when it’s too late, well basically you’ll be screwed (and you’ll regret the day you passed over such a great opportunity to protect yourself for so little). And by the way, if you think your web host will come to your rescue think again, you’ll be on your own, paying to put things right and suffering the cost of lost sales and business. This is a seriously good product and if you rely on WordPress to make you money online then it’s nothing less than essential. Buy it, follow Matt’s expert advice and don’t end up another victim!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”In the past month alone, I’ve had 3 niche blogs hacked, costing me hundreds of dollars in lost sales – all of which could have been avoided if I followed the steps in this training. I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than spending months building up a blog, adding posts every few days, and then finding it all gone in an instant. The great thing about these ‘over the shoulder’ videos is that you get to see exactly how to do everything, so it doesn’t matter if you’re technically challenged. Just copy what you see on the screen, and then relax knowing your blogs are safe. (Just one of the tips in the first video alone could probably have prevented my blogs getting hacked) I even noticed one or two tips in there that help with SEO too … so following these videos could even bring your blogs more traffic!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no websites using Blog Defender were hacked since Blog Defender’s first release.
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.”
Cybersecurity is is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools that developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, doesn’t cost you a fortune 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 no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Product License 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.
Note: Current pricing for the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing at the time this content was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software developer when you visit the site 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, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
What We Recommend
No matter what type 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 web security.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress software, WP plugins and WordPress themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you learn what your security responsibilities as a website owner 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 major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Sites
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