The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is increasing on a daily basis, and this is getting worse.
It’s probably safe to 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 160,000+ WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Will yours be one of them?
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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 WP sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website or blog with a vulnerability offers some value to hackers. If you think that your website or blog is of little value to hackers, think again. Large, medium and small business web sites, personal blogs, government sites … even websites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.
If someone can exploit a flaw in the security system, that site can then be used to attack more valuable web sites.
The truth is that brute-force software bots are very likely looking for weaknesses and trying to break into your blog at this very moment. Whether they can hack into your site successfully will depend on how difficult you have made it for them to keep persisting until they find how to get access, or give up and go look for a less protected target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …
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You will see that the check will display a number of results and information about your website setup …
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It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to see all of this information, then so can hackers.
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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 can be potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about potentially exploitable security vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Solution
Product Description
Blog Defender is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog had literally no value to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred inside his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to illustrate the fact that all websites have some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your web site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
Blog Defender includes three WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure backups to your server, external servers and cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
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Plugin #2 performs a range of vital file and site security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your site to detect if your source code has been altered, and fix the problem …
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Pro Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without reciprocating the favor).
Video Tutorials
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender security suite also includes seven videos plus printable documentation that will show you exactly how to protect your site from malicious attacks …
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Learn more here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below 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:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use
The plugins included with Blog Defender are quite easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress administrator account and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a practical and useful training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get the job done.
Some additional benefits include:
- Protect your WordPress website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Secure Your Info Products – If you sell an info product (e.g. downloadable e-books, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Your Host – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, account could get suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender provides many great features to WP users.
Blog Defender covers the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Track Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender follows a logical sequence of steps to help protect your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender security process. Product image: BlogDefender website)
Testimonials From Customers
Below are a couple of the testimonials users have provided for the Blog Defender solution:
”This is probably one of those times you ask yourself ‘do I really need this product?’ Let’s face it, on the surface it’s not going to immediately put more money in your pocket or even add some cool new gizmo to your site… The truth is yes you do and you need it now. I’ve been in the online business for 10+ years and had my fair share of hacked sites which have cost me time and money (lots of it)…I’ve also seen a good number of people have their reputations and entire businesses left in tatters when their sites have been hacked. Right now is the time to act, because when it’s too late, well basically you’ll be screwed (and you’ll regret the day you passed over such a great opportunity to protect yourself for so little). And by the way, if you think your web host will come to your rescue think again, you’ll be on your own, paying to put things right and suffering the cost of lost sales and business. This is a seriously good product and if you rely on WordPress to make you money online then it’s nothing less than essential. Buy it, follow Matt’s expert advice and don’t end up another victim!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender’s first release in 2012, no Blog Defender-protected websites or blogs have been hacked.
Matt Garrett, 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.”
The war on hackers is an ever-escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information 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 most web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Product Licensing 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.
Note: The cost to purchase Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
The Bottom Line
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, securing your web site is something you cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and WP themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting a security procedure like the one Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your sites are hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress site easier.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Solution For WordPress
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