The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is getting 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 began reporting that over 160,000+ WordPress-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Could your website be next?
(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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every site with a vulnerability has some degree of potential value to hackers. No web site Large, medium and small websites, personal blogs, government sites … even sites owned by online security experts can and have been targeted.
If someone can exploit a security flaw and remotely take control of your site, that website or blog can then be employed to target larger and more valuable websites.
The reality is that hackers are scouring for exploits and trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they will be successful or not, depends on how difficult or easy you have made it for hackers or bots to continue persisting until they can discover a way to get access, or give up and decide to look for a less protected target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WP Security Scan Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will yield various results and information about your website …
(WordPress security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you are able to see all of this information about your website, then hackers can too.
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
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 can all be potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about any vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended by the webhost. This particular blog was quite new and had practically no value to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside his site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to lure unsuspecting visitors to the site and hijack Paypal account information.
(Image source: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience shows that that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security holes in your web site are …
And then shows you how to easily fix these …
WP Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite includes 3 plugins:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the product suite provides automated backups …
(Product image: Blog Defender)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud storage solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides WordPress security …
(Source: Blog Defender)
The “WordPress Security” plugin performs a range of vital site and file protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans WordPress sites to see whether your source code has been found, and fix problems …
(Product image: Blog Defender)
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your hard work without providing you any reciprocal value in return).
Training Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender WP security suite also includes training videos plus training guides that will show you exactly what to do to protect your site from malicious attacks …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The plugins install just like any regular WordPress plugin. Just upload them to your Plugins folder via your admin section and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical training product that will take you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which free WordPress plugins you should use to get the job done.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If you are a digital product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, you can expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, website can be closed by your host, or even deindexed by 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 more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender was designed to locks down your site and keeps your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender provides fixes for all of the following issues:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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 Blocking
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, 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 WordPress security process. Product image: Blog Defender)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments customers have provided for the Blog Defender product suite:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”My business is built around the WordPress platform and I’m embarrassed to admin I’ve been slack in the security department. However, Matt’s training soon put that right! I followed each detailed video to the letter and discovered some incredible security tricks and plugins I’d never heard of before. Better still, all the plugins were free to download too! The end result? My WordPress membership site is now locked down tighter than Parkhurst at midnight and if anybody tries hacking it, I’ll be the first to know! thanks again Matt, I’m off to secure the rest of the blogs in my portfolio!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin’s website, no Blog Defender-protected websites or blogs were hacked since Blog Defender was originally released.
Matt Garrett states on his site, however …
“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 escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools that developers can get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, won’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.
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, full refund guarantee.
Product 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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: Pricing for the Blog Defender product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing above was correct when this content was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get This Product
No matter what 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 securing your sites.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WP core files, plugins and WordPress themes up-to-date, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security policy like the one Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what your responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your website is hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major WordPress security holes without costly solutions.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite
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