The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, and this is getting 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 WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Screenshot: 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)
According to 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.
You may think that the information in your website has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites are an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.
If a hacker can discover a flaw in your security, the website or blog can then be used as a “bot” in a planned cyberattack against larger and more valued sites.
The reality is that hackers are probably searching for vulnerabilities and trying to hack into your website or blog as you are reading this page at this very moment. Whether they can do this successfully depends on how hard or easy you can make things for hackers to continue persisting until they work out a way to get access, or give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns various results and information about your site setup …
(WP security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this scanning tool that if you are able to see all of this information about your website, hackers can too.
(Product image: Blog Defender)
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 on your server can all be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about exploitable vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This particular site had literally nothing to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside his site, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files designed to drive visitors to the site and hijack their Paypal account information.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
Matt’s experience provides the valuable lesson that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress installation for security holes …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite includes 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
The plugin lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and well-known cloud-based storage solutions using different backup methods, perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides your site with security …
(Product image: BlogDefender website)
The “WP Security” plugin performs a range of essential website protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 lets you scan your WP plugins, themes and core files to see if your source code has been tampered with, and fix the problem …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes seven videos plus training guides that will show you exactly how to protect your website from malicious users …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
Go here to learn more:
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use
The plugins install like every other WP plugin. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user section and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a do-it-yourself training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which plugins you can use for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Theft – If you are a digital product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website is hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, sites can be closed by your webhost, or even blocked in search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business 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 site invisible to hackers and bots.
The product helps you fix all of the following areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- WordPress 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
- Monitor Files
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automating Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process to help secure your website, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that users have written about the Blog Defender plugin:
”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
Plugin Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender’s first release, no sites using Blog Defender were hacked.
The product developer 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 an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier 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, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.
Plugin Price
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.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the Blog Defender software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the plugin retails for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details here:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
In Conclusion
No matter what 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 sites.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress installation, WordPress plugins and WP themes up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting a security policy such as the one Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if the security on your website is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major WordPress security holes without paying for costly solutions.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Web Sites
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