The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and it’s getting 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 began reporting that over 160,000+ legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are attacked every year! Could yours 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 sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog is of little value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website provides an opportunity to benefit or profit at your expense.
If a hacker can find a way to break in and gain any form of control of your site, that web site can then be used to attack more valued sites.
The reality is that software-driven bots are searching for exploits and trying to hack into your website or blog at this very moment. Whether they can hack in successfully depends on how difficult or easy you will make things for hackers to keep persisting until they either find a way to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a more vulnerable target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Check Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan returns a number of results and details about your website …
(WordPress security check results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to see all of this information, so can hackers.
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Being able to see what version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories on your server can be useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about potentially exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Product Suite
Product Description
The product 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 developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog was not being used and had literally no value to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being informed by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside the server, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
This simple example should be enough to convince you that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress installation for potential security weaknesses …
And then shows you how to easily fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
Blog Defender includes three plugins for WordPress:
Plugin #1 in the product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
This plugin lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud-based solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), do bulk text replacements in databases, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your website or blog with security …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
The “WordPress Security” plugin performs a range of essential site and file protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans your content and files to see whether code in your files has been found, and repair problems …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been added to your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without providing anything of value in return).
Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes a number of step-by-step training videos and written documentation that will show you exactly what to do to protect your website from hackers and bots …
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Learn more about the plugin here:
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins to use to get the job done without paying additional or unnecessary expenses.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Secure Your Info Products – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Suspended By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, sites can be suspended by your host, or even blocked in search engines. And if this is not enough to have to deal with, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business and financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender was designed to keep your sites and your business safe and secure 24/7.
The product helps you fix all of the following security areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- 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
- Monitoring Files
- Link Tracking
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps for securing your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using tools to identify risky WP themes and WP plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image: Blog Defender)
Feedback From Users
Below are some of the testimonials customers have published 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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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no Blog Defender-secured sites were hacked since Blog Defender’s first release.
Matt Garrett 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.”
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 access. 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 most 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% money-back guarantee.
Product 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: Price details for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing when this article was written. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Plugin Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Download This Product
Regardless of the type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your site is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP software, WP plugins and WordPress themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps 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 website is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your installation easier.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Websites
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