The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is only going to get worse.
You can safely 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 reported that over 160,000+ WordPress websites 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website with a vulnerability has value to hackers. If you think that your website or blog offers little to no value to hackers, think again. Corporate web sites, personal blogs, government websites … even websites owned by online security experts can and have been targeted.
If hackers can exploit a web software vulnerability and control your blog, that website can then be used to target larger and more valued websites.
The truth is that malicious bots are trying to hack into your site while you are reading this at this very moment. Whether they will do this successfully depends on how hard or easy you will make it for hackers and bots to keep persisting until they find a way to break in, or give up and go 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 site through their WordPress security scan …
(WordPress Security Scan Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the check will yield a number of results and details about your site …
(WP security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, then hackers can too.
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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 in your site are all potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about any potential vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and help to protect it against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Solution
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog was not being used and so had literally nothing to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.
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Matt’s experience demonstrates that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you website for security holes …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes 3 plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud storage solutions using different backup methods, perform complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides your web site with security …
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The “WordPress Security” plugin provides a range of vital site and file security functions (see “Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your content and files to see if any of your files have been changed, and fix any problems it detects …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” 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 people benefit from your content without offering anything of value in return).
Blog Defender – Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender security product suite also includes video training guides plus downloadable documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your website from hackers …
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For more details go here:
Benefits
Here are just some of the many 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 Set Up
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get things done without incurring extra expenses.
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website is hacked, expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. During this time, your, website or blog could be closed by your host, or even deindexed 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.
Features
Blog Defender was created to keeps your site and your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender addresses the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- Monitor Files
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate Core WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process for securing your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image source: Blog Defender)
Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have provided for Blog Defender:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender’s first release, no Blog Defender-protected sites have been 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 is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers presently have access to. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, doesn’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many premium security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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% 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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: The cost to purchase Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the product is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer 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 ignore the importance of website security.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress software, WP plugins and WordPress themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Adopting security procedures 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 the security on your site is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Websites & Blogs
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