The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and things are only going to get worse.
It’s safe to assume that if you haven’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 162,000 legitimate WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
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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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every web site with a security vulnerability provides an opportunity to hackers. A vulnerable website or blog provides hackers with a valuable platform for distributed denial of service attacks, spreading malware and engaging in information theft.
If a hacker can exploit a vulnerability in your security setup that allows them to control your web site, that blog can then be used as part of a larger network of “bots” to target larger and more highly-valued sites.
The reality is that malicious bots are probably looking for exploits and trying to hack into your web site at this very moment. Whether they can break in or not, will depend on how difficult you will make things for them to continue persisting until they can discover a way to break in, or are forced to give up and decide to 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 site through their WordPress security scan …
(WP Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan will return various results and details about your site …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, so can hackers.
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Being able to see which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories in your site can all be potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about any exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress Sites
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 developer of the BlogDefender security suit began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog was devoid of content and so had literally no value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred inside the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
This simple example shows that that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for security weaknesses …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – WP Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite comes with 3 plugins:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Source: BlogDefender site)
The plugin lets you do automated backups to your server, external servers and cloud solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
The “WordPress Security” plugin provides a range of vital site security functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your WordPress plugins, themes, core files and content to detect whether anything has been modified, and repair the problem …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your hard work without providing you any reciprocal value in return).
Video Training
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender security suite also includes videos plus downloadable documentation that will show you exactly how to protect your site from hackers …
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
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Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use
The plugins included with Blog Defender are really easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user login and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a step-by-step training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free WordPress plugins to install to get the job done.
Some additional benefits of this plugin include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If you’re an info product creator (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a website has been hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, account could get suspended by your webhost, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, your contacts could end up being spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress website from hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender helps you fix the following areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help secure your site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Product image source: Blog Defender)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments that plugin customers have provided for Blog Defender:
”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 the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no Blog Defender-protected websites were hacked since Blog Defender was first released back in 2012.
Matt Garrett, the product developer 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 technologies that developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most 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 no-risk, 30 day, complete refund guarantee.
Software 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.
Note: Price details for Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was correct when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller 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 the current pricing:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get The Product
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you cannot ignore the importance of securing your website or blog.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes up-to-date, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you understand what your responsibilities are as a site owner, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your website easier.
To learn more, visit the plugin website: Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
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