The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and it’s only going to get worse.
You can safely assume that if you haven’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-powered web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Could your website be next?
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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)
As reported by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website or blog with a vulnerability can can provide an opportunity to hackers. A vulnerable site not only offers hackers opportunities to improve their hacking skills and claim “bragging rights” among their peers, but it can also be a valuable resource for DDoS attacks, distributing malware and information theft.
If a hacker can discover a web security flaw and gain access and control of your web site, the website or blog can then be employed as part of a larger network of “bots” to target more valued sites.
The truth is that software-driven bots are probably searching for security weaknesses and trying to break into your website at this very moment. Whether they can get into your site depends on how hard or easy you can make things for them to continue trying until they work out how to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a less protected target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Scan Source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan returns various results and details about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Product image source: 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.
(Source: BlogDefender website)
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 are all valuable information to hackers, as this can inform them about any potential vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender Security Solution For WordPress Web Sites
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 BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular blog was almost brand new and so had literally no value to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside the site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to lure visitors to the site and steal their Paypal account information.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
WP Plugins
Blog Defender includes 3 plugins for WordPress:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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Plugin #1 lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud storage solutions using a number of backup methods, perform complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your 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 website with security …
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Plugin #2 performs a range of file and site protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Plugin #3 lets you scan your WP plugins, WP themes, WordPress core files and content to see whether any of your files have been modified, and repair problems …
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Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Step-By-Step Training Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender security suite also includes seven training modules in video format and training guides that teach you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
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For more details go here:
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 site:
Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time
The Blog Defender plugins install just like every other plugin. Just upload them to your Plugins folder via your admin section and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a do-it-yourself step-by-step training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can use for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells an information product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, you should expect to go through a great deal of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. Your, website or blog could get closed by your host, or even blacklisted by search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business details or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender make your your WordPress website invisible to hackers and botnets.
The product addresses the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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
- Tracking Links
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process to help protect your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials plugin customers have provided for the Blog Defender product suite:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.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 Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since the release of Blog Defender, no sites using Blog Defender have been hacked.
Matt Garrett, the product developer 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.”
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 technologies that developers currently can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, won’t cost you a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many premium 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 risk-free, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Product Cost
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.. Price = $47.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software sells for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged 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 the latest pricing details here:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
Regardless of the type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot ignore the importance of securing your website or blog.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress core files, WordPress plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security procedures like the one Blog Defender provides, will help you learn what your responsibilities are as a website owner, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your websites are hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your website easier.
For complete details, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress
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