The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and it’s getting worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’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 began reporting that over 162,000 legitimate WordPress-powered 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)
As reported 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 web site with a security vulnerability can can provide an opportunity to hackers. A compromised blog offers malicious users with a platform for launching stealth attacks, spreading malware and engaging in information theft.
If someone can find a software vulnerability in your security, the site can then be used to attack more valuable sites.
The harsh reality is that hackers are most likely looking for security weaknesses and trying to hack into your web site right now. Whether they will do this successfully will depend on how difficult you can make it for hackers and botnets to keep trying until they discover how to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(WordPress Security Check Source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the check will return a number of results and details about your website …
(WordPress security scan results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your website, so can hackers.
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
The ability 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 in your site are all potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any potential security vulnerabilities, especially where the owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Websites & Blogs
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by its webhost. This particular site was almost brand new and had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive visitors to the site and hijack financial details.
(Source: BlogDefender website)
Matt’s experience is evidence that every website has value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you web site for security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you quickly and easily fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 plugins:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin lets you do secure site, file and data backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud-based solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides your website with security …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
The plugin performs a range of essential site security functions (see “Plugin Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 scans your website or blog to see if anything in your files has been tampered with, and repair problems …
(Image source: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin #3 “WP 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 people benefit from your hard work without providing anything of benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Step-By-Step Tutorial Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes seven video tutorial modules plus printable guides that show you exactly what you need to do to protect your site from hackers …
(Source: Blog Defender)
For more details go here:
Benefits
Here 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 website:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product are very easy to install. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is a do-it-yourself training product that guides you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get things done without incurring additional costs.
Additional benefits include:
- Protect 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 your site sells an info product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Banned By Search Engines – When a website is hacked, you should expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. During this time, your, site could get suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed in search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details and financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender make your your WordPress website invisible to hackers and botnets.
The product helps you fix the following security areas:
- 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 Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help protect your website, addressing hosting security, using tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
Feedback From Users
Here are just some testimonials users have submitted regarding the Blog Defender security suite:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”I sure wish I’d had this before I lost over a dozen blogs just recently. Okay, it was my fault for not securing things more, BUT… I didn’t have a handy, current reference like this to turn to for quick help either.;)” Kathe Lucas – www.wackycentral.com
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett’s site, no Blog Defender-protected sites were hacked since Blog Defender’s release in 2012.
Matt Garrett 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 ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and technologies that developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive 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, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.
Product Licensing Pricing
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.. Cost = $47.00.
Note: The price of the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product is selling for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, 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 afford to ignore the importance of securing your website or blog.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WordPress core files, plugins and themes are kept 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 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 process of securing your site easier.
For more details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
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