The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide 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 160,000+ WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Image source: BlogDefender site)
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 WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every blog with a vulnerability can can provide an opportunity to hackers. A compromised website not only provides wannabe hackers opportunities to improve their hacking skills and claim “bragging rights” from their peers, but it can also be a resource for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, distributing malware and engaging in information theft.
If someone can discover a web security flaw, the site can then be employed to target more highly-valued sites.
The reality is that software-driven bots are very likely trying to hack into your website right now. Whether they can do this successfully or not, depends on how challenging you will make things for hackers to continue persisting until they find how to get access, or are forced to decide to look for a more vulnerable 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 website through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan returns a number of results and information about your site …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your site, then hackers can too.
(Product image source: BlogDefender website)
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 can be valuable information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious users and botnets.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
Product Description
The product is a package 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 site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This particular site was quite new and so had literally nothing of value to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and noticing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred within his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
(Image source: BlogDefender website)
Matt’s experience should be enough to illustrate the fact that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 plugins:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
Plugin #1 lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and popular cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), perform complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your WP site with security …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin provides a range of vital site and file protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” lets you scan WordPress sites to see whether anything in your files has been changed, and repair the problem …
(Screenshot image: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 anything in return).
Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 video training modules and PDF/DOC documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
For more details go here:
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The plugins included with Blog Defender are quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a DIY step-by-step training product that will take you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get the job done.
Some additional benefits of using the plugin include:
- Protect your website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Being Shared Around The Net – If you’re an info product creator (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 Deindexed By Search Engines – When a website has been hacked, you should expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, sites could be suspended by your webhost, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, your contacts could be spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender offers many unique features to WordPress users.
The product helps you fix all of the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- WP 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
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process for securing your site, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WordPress themes and WP plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Product image source: Blog Defender)
Feedback From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments that users have provided for the Blog Defender product:
”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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”Just one tip could have prevented my blogs getting hacked!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Plugin Tips
According to the product’s website, no Blog Defender-secured websites or blogs were hacked since Blog Defender’s original release.
Matt Garrett, the product developer states on his site, however …
“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 information and tools that developers can currently get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
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, 30 day, full money-back guarantee.
Product 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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: Pricing details of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software seller when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get The Product
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 afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes, 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 your security responsibilities are as a website owner, 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 security risks without investing in expensive solutions.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender
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