The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, 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 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-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Source: BlogDefender site)
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 sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your site offers little to no value 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 weakness in the web software, your web site can then be used to attack larger and more valued websites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are probably looking for security exploits and trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they can hack in or not, depends on how difficult or easy you will make things for hackers to continue trying until they can find a way to break in, or give up and decide to look for a less protected 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 scan …
(Hackertarget – WP Security Check Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the check will return a number of results and details about your site …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you are able to freely access all of this information about your WordPress site, so can hackers.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
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 on your server are all useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about any exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by its webhost. This particular site had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place within his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into his site.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
This example illustrates the fact that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for potential security vulnerabilities …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes 3 plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
This plugin lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud-based backup solutions using a number of backup methods, automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your site with security …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
The “WP Security” plugin performs a range of vital file and site security functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your content and files to see if any of your files have been found, and fix any problems it detects …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without offering you anything of value in return).
Training Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes seven video training modules and printable documentation that will teach you exactly what you need to do to protect your site from malicious users …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
For more details go here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below are just some of the many benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure
The plugins install like any plugin. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugins to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical training product that takes you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which plugins you can install for free to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Secure your website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Prevent Intellectual Property Theft – If you’re a digital product creator (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, sites could get suspended by your webhost, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details and financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress website from hackers and malicious bots.
The product provides fixes for the following issues:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Monitor Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials From Customers
Below are a few of the testimonials and comments plugin users have published about Blog Defender:
”Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re too small or not important enough to be hacked! I’ve found out that I’ve had bots in the backend of my sites, making alterations and changing things around, so there’s no telling what damage they’ve caused. I’ve had my main blog for over 3 years now, and the thought of losing all the hard work I’ve put into it is just devastating, not to mention costly! I have a shared hosting plan, so of course once they can get into one site, they can also access the others. Luckily, I now have the procedures detailed within Blog Defender in place so that I can prevent the majority of this ever happening again. Once you’ve secured one site it gets a lot quicker to secure all subsequent sites. With Blog Defender, you get easy-to-follow videos, along with a detailed checklist that you can downloadf. You are literally walked through the process of securing your blog against hackers, which has given me real peace of mind. This is a growing issue that all website owners are facing; so it isn’t going to go away. Prevention is better than cure, particularly as some of the nastier hacks around can literally ruin your business. So do yourself a favour – get your sites protected now, before it’s too late.” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.com
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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, since Blog Defender’s first release in 2012, no websites or blogs protected by the solution were hacked.
Matt Garrett 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.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools that developers can currently get their hands on. 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 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, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Software 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the software retails for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the plugin website and there may be 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, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
No matter what type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your website is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP core files, plugins and WP themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security policy 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 if your websites are attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
For more details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender
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