The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is rising, and it’s getting worse.
It’s safe to assume that if you haven’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time before someone attempts to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com reported that over 162,000 WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs 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)
As described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every blog with a vulnerability can be seen as a potential opportunity to hackers. A compromised web site provides malicious users with a valuable resource for distributed attacks, spreading malware and engaging in information theft.
If hackers can find a security vulnerability that allows them to gain remote access and control of your site, your website or blog can then be employed to attack other highly-valued web sites.
The harsh reality is that hackers are most likely searching for vulnerabilities and trying to hack into your website at this very moment. Whether they can be successful depends on how difficult or easy you will make it for them to continue trying until they can work out how to get access, or give up and decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Scan Image source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the check will display various results and information about your site setup …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security scan results. Image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your WordPress site, then so can hackers.
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
Being able 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 are all potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress Websites & Blogs
Product Description
The product is a package 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. This particular blog had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being informed by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred inside the server, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to drive visitors to the site and hijack their financial information.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience demonstrates that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you website for security weaknesses …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
Plugins
The Blog Defender security product includes 3 plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
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The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud-based backup solutions using a number of backup methods, automate complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to new domains or server locations), search and replace text in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
The plugin provides a range of site protection functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your WordPress plugins, themes, WP core files and content to detect whether anything has been altered, and fix any problems found …
(Source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without offering any reciprocal benefit in return).
Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes a number of step-by-step video training and written guides that teach you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
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Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
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:
Quick Installation
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product suite install like any WP plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical and useful training product that will take 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 inexpensively.
Additional benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Helps Avoid Intellectual Property Theft – If your site sells an info product (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a website is hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, website could get closed by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business details or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender was created to keeps your site and your business safe and secure 24/7.
The product helps you fix all of the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical process to help secure your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Testimonials
Here are just some testimonials plugin users have written about the Blog Defender plugin:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”In the past month alone, I’ve had 3 niche blogs hacked, costing me hundreds of dollars in lost sales – all of which could have been avoided if I followed the steps in this training. I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than spending months building up a blog, adding posts every few days, and then finding it all gone in an instant. The great thing about these ‘over the shoulder’ videos is that you get to see exactly how to do everything, so it doesn’t matter if you’re technically challenged. Just copy what you see on the screen, and then relax knowing your blogs are safe. (Just one of the tips in the first video alone could probably have prevented my blogs getting hacked) I even noticed one or two tips in there that help with SEO too … so following these videos could even bring your blogs more traffic!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, since the release of Blog Defender, no Blog Defender-secured websites were hacked.
The product developer also 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.”
Cybersecurity is an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools that developers currently have access to. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t require 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.
Product 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, 100% refund guarantee.
Plugin 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: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software sells for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
What We Recommend
No matter what 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 web security.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress core files, plugins and WordPress themes up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Blog Defender helps you understand what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your website easier.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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