The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and this is only going to get worse.
It’s probably 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 over 160,000+ 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)
According to security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website or blog has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that all websites have some value to a malicious user.
If someone can discover a way to gain remote access of your website or blog, that website can then be employed to attack more highly-valued sites.
The truth is that hackers are looking for exploits and trying to break into your site right now. Whether they will achieve this will depend on how hard you have made it for them to keep trying until they discover how to get in, or give up and decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(Website Security Scan Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the test returns various results and information about your website …
(website security check results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to access all of this information, then hackers can too.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
The ability 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 on your server can be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this can inform them about potential holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into. This particular site was quite new and had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred inside his site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack financial information.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your web site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite includes three plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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This plugin lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods, schedule full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides WordPress security …
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The plugin provides a range of essential site protection functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 lets you scan your files and content to see if any of your files have been tampered with, and repair the problem …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes a number of training in video format plus downloadable guides that teach you exactly how to protect your website from hackers and bots …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Learn more 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:
Ready To Go To Work In Very Little Time
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product suite install like any regular plugin. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your admin account and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a practical and useful training product that walks 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.
Additional benefits include:
- Secure your website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products From Being Freely Distributed – If you sell information products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid A Tragic Situation – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, websites can be suspended by your host, or even deindexed by search engines. Additionally, your personal contacts can end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details can be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender provides many features to site owners.
Blog Defender helps you fix all of the following issues:
- Host Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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
- File Monitoring
- Track Links
- Block Known Offenders
- Automate WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical process to help protect your web site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
User Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials that plugin customers have published about Blog Defender:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.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, since Blog Defender was first released, no Blog Defender-secured websites have been hacked.
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 escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, doesn’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 risk-free, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Product Price
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.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the software developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install The Plugins
No matter what type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, website security is something you simply cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like making sure that your WordPress installation, WordPress plugins and WP themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting security procedures such as the one Blog Defender provides, will help you learn 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 hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without costly solutions.
For full details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender
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