The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is getting worse.
You can safely assume that if your website or blog hasn’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 162,000 WordPress-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
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 well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog has nothing to offer to hackers, but the reality is that every website has some value to a malicious user.
If someone can exploit a way to compromise the control of your website or blog, the blog can then be employed as a “bot” to attack larger and more valuable sites.
The truth is that software-driven bots are very likely trying to break into your website or blog at this very moment. Whether they will hack into your site will depend on how difficult or easy you will make it for hackers to continue trying until they can discover a way to get in, 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?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Hackertarget – Website Security Check Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns a number of results and information about your site …
(website security scan results. Image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can access all of this information, hackers can too.
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
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 can all be useful information to hackers, as this informs them about any holes or weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender
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 developer of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This particular site had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of the event after being suspended by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within his site, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack financial details.
(Screenshot: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience provides the valuable lesson that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress site for security vulnerabilities …
And let’s you fix these quickly …
Plugins
Blog Defender includes three plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Source: Blog Defender)
The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, external servers and cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. Email), automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides WordPress security …
(Product image: BlogDefender website)
Plugin #2 provides a range of essential site protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Pro Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your web site to detect whether any code in your files has been tampered with, and repair problems …
(Product image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your work without providing anything in return).
Video Tutorials
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender security product suite also includes 7 video tutorial modules plus training guides that show you exactly how to protect your website from malicious attacks …
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
For more details go 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 web site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Simply upload them to your Plugins folder via your admin user section and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a step-by-step training product that guides you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins you should use to get things done.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products From Being Freely Distributed – If you are an info product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a website gets hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. Your, account can be suspended by your host, or even blocked in search engines. Additionally, your contacts could be spammed, your customer list and financial details can be stolen, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender make your your site invisible to hackers and malicious bots.
Blog Defender helps you fix the following areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical sequence of steps to help protect your web site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials that customers have written about the Blog Defender product:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.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 the plugin’s website, no sites protected with the solution were hacked since Blog Defender’s release.
The product developer 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 ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools that developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many web 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, complete money-back guarantee.
Software Pricing
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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: Pricing details of the Blog Defender plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing when this review was published. This may or may not be the actual price 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 the current pricing here:
Additional Plugin Info
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Download The Product
No matter what type 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 web site.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WordPress core files, WordPress 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 your security responsibilities are as the site owner, 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 how to avoid major WordPress security holes without paying a lot of money.
For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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