The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and things are only going to get 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 began reporting that 162,000 legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
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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)
According to security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website or blog with a vulnerability can be seen as a potential opportunity to hackers. An unsecured site provides malicious users with a valuable platform to launch DDoS attacks, spread malware and use your website to defraud innocent people.
If someone can discover a way to compromise the control of your website or blog, your site can then be employed as a “bot” in a planned cyber-attack against more highly-valued web sites.
The reality is that malicious bots are probably scouring for weaknesses and trying to hack into your blog right now. Whether they can break in successfully or not, depends on how difficult you can make it for hackers and bots to continue persisting until they work out how to get in, or give up and go look for a less protected 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 – WordPress Security Check Image source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will yield a number of results and details about your website …
(website security scan results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your site, hackers can too.
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The ability to see which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed on your site, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories in your site are all potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about any exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular site was not being used and so had literally no value to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and steal their Paypal account details.
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Matt’s experience illustrates the fact that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
WP Plugins
The product suite includes 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite provides automated backups …
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This plugin lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud backup solutions using a number of backup methods, 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 WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides WordPress security …
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This plugin provides a range of essential website security functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” scans your plugins, WP themes, core files and content to detect whether anything unusual in your source code has been modified, and repair any problems detected …
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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 others benefit from your content without reciprocating the favor).
Video Training
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes several video guides plus PDF/DOC documentation that will teach you exactly what to do to protect your site from hackers …
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Learn more about the plugin here:
Benefits
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:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement
The plugins install just like every other WordPress plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your admin user login and activate.
Really 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 plugins you can install for free to get the job done without paying extra expenses.
Additional benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Prevent Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells an information product (e.g. downloadable e-books, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website is hacked, you should expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. Your, account could be closed by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, your personal contacts can end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender was created to locks down your site and keeps your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender provides fixes for the following issues:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Tracking
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical sequence of steps for securing your web site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image: Blog Defender)
Testimonials From Plugin Customers
Below are some of the testimonials and comments users have provided for Blog Defender:
”I’ve had to go through the inconvenience of a hacked blog before and let me tell you it’s not nice. With online security becoming an increasing problem, especially with WordPress, this is a great way to secure your blog. I’ll be following Matt’s training and securing all my blogs…Great job.” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, no Blog Defender-protected websites or blogs were hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
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 is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can currently access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, doesn’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than most premium security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Product 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 risk-free, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.
Software Cost
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 this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your sites is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure web 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 expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security policy like the one that Blog Defender provides, will help 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 hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your site easier.
For more information, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender
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