The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, 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 160,000+ WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
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 cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website has no value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website is an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.
If hackers can exploit a software security flaw, that web site can then be used as part of a larger network of “bots” to target other highly-valued sites.
The reality is that hackers are probably trying to hack into your blog right now. Whether they can hack in successfully or not, depends on how difficult or easy you have made it for hackers or bots to continue persisting until they discover how to get access, or are forced to give up and decide to look for an easier target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Hackertarget – WP Security Scan Product image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan returns a number of results and information about your site …
(website security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to access all of this information about your website, so can hackers.
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
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 be potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about potential security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their files.
Fortunately, there is a simple way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Plugin
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This site had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of the event after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred within his site, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to lure visitors to the site and steal Paypal account information.
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
This example illustrates the fact that all websites have value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you website for potential security weaknesses …
And let’s you quickly fix these …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The Blog Defender security product suite includes three plugins:
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #1 lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), automate full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to new domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in databases, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
The plugin provides a range of essential file and site protection functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin allows you to scan your plugins, WordPress themes and core files to detect whether any of your files have been changed, and repair the problem …
(Product image: Blog Defender)
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” 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 people benefit from your content without offering anything of benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender WP security suite also includes videos plus written guides that show you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender website)
Learn more here:
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 site:
Fast Installation
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product are very easy to install. Just upload them to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin account and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical DIY training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which plugins you can install for free to get things done inexpensively.
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Secure Your Info Products – If your site sells digital products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, you should 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. In the meantime, your, website or blog could be closed by your host, or even deindexed by search engines. In addition, your personal contacts could end up being spammed, your subscriber list and financial details could be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender was designed to locks down your site and keeps your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender covers the following areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WP 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
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help secure your web site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and comments that plugin users have provided for Blog Defender:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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“Sure wish I’d had this before I lost over a dozen blogs just recently!” Kathe Lucas – www.wackycentral.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, Matt Garrett, no websites or blogs using Blog Defender were hacked since Blog Defender’s first release in 2012.
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.”
Cybersecurity is an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers can currently access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, doesn’t cost you a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Plugin 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% money-back guarantee.
Software 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.. Cost = $47.00.
Note: Current pricing for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software retails for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software author when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP core files, WordPress plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you understand what your responsibilities as a website owner are, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid all the major WordPress security holes without paying for costly solutions.
For more information, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender
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