The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and the situation is getting worse.
It’s safe to 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 began reporting that 160,000+ WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked 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)
According to leading security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your site has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website is an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.
If hackers can discover a vulnerability in the security system that allows them to access and take over your website, your website or blog can then be employed to attack more highly-valued websites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are probably scouring for security weaknesses and trying to break into your web site as you are reading this page. Whether they can break in will depend on how hard you can make it for hackers or bots to continue persisting until they either work out how to get in, or decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Hackertarget – WP Security Scan Product image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will display various results and details about your site setup …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information, so can hackers.
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Being able 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 are all potentially valuable information to hackers, as these can inform them about any exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This blog had literally no value to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting visitors to the site and hijack their financial details.
(Source: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience provides the valuable lesson that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your website are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
Plugins
The product suite comes with three WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the product suite provides automated backups …
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Plugin #1 lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods, automate full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
The second plugin provides your WP website with security …
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Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides a range of essential site protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 scans your files and content to see if any of your files have been found, and fix any problems it detects …
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Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious content have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without providing any reciprocal value or benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Tutorials Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes 7 video training modules and PDF/DOC guides that will teach you exactly what you need to do to protect your website from hackers and bots …
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Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Really Easy To Install
The plugins are really easy to install. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a practical and useful training product that guides you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can install for free to get things done without paying for extra costs.
Additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If you’re an info product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website is hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, sites could get suspended by your host, or even deindexed in search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender offers a number of great features to WordPress users.
Blog Defender provides fixes for all of the following areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate 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 site, addressing hosting security, using tools to identify risky WP themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials that plugin users have published about Blog Defender:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.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 the plugin developer, no websites using Blog Defender were hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
Matt 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 ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can currently get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many premium 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, 100% 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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: Pricing for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
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, securing your sites is something you cannot ignore.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP core files, plugins and WordPress themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you understand what your responsibilities are as the site owner, 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 all the major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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