The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and things are only going to get worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that over 160,000+ legitimate WordPress-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could yours 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog has no value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites provide an opportunity to gain some benefit at your expense.
If a malicious user can find a vulnerability in your security system, the blog can then be used as a “bot” to attack other valued websites.
The harsh reality is that software-driven bots are probably scouring for weaknesses and trying to hack into your website or blog as you are reading this. Whether they can achieve this depends on how difficult you have made things for them to keep persisting until they can either discover a way to break in, or give up and go look for a more vulnerable target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(Website Security Check Product image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the check returns various results and details about your website …
(website security scan results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress site, then hackers can too.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
The ability to see what 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 are all useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about potentially exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother got hacked into. This particular blog had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to drive visitors to the site and steal Paypal account information.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience shows that that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security holes in your WordPress site are …
And let’s you fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – WP Plugins
The product suite includes 3 plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud solutions using different backup methods, automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
The “WP Security” plugin provides a range of essential site and file security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your plugins, themes, WordPress core files and content to see if anything in your files has been tampered with, and fix any problems detected …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” 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 providing you anything of benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Video Tutorials
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 video training modules plus downloadable documentation that will teach you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Image source: BlogDefender website)
Learn more about the plugin here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product suite are very easy to install. Just upload them to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a 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 free plugins you should use to get the job done.
Additional benefits include:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Being Freely Distributed – If you are an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, website or blog could be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender was created to locks down your site and keeps your business safe and secure 24/7.
The product helps you fix the following issues:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP 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 Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Link Monitoring
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process for securing your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WP themes and WordPress plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Source: BlogDefender website)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials that 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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”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
Useful Tips
According to the plugin’s website, since Blog Defender was first released, no websites using Blog Defender have been hacked.
Matt Garrett also 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.”
Cybersecurity is an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools that developers presently have access to. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with 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.
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 risk-free, thirty day, complete refund guarantee.
Software Price
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: The cost of purchasing Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Use This Product
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot afford to ignore the importance of securing your site.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress software, plugins and WP themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site to malicious by hackers and bots.
Adopting security procedures like the one 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 to help prevent your sites being hacked or 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.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
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