The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, 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 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+ legitimate WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known 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 can be an opportunity to hackers. No website or blog is guaranteed immunity from cyber-attacks. Large, medium and small websites, personal blogs, government websites … even web sites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.
If hackers can discover a software weakness in your security, the site can then be employed as a “bot” to attack larger and more valuable websites.
The truth is that hackers are most likely scouring for exploits and trying to hack into your site right now. Whether they will do this successfully or not, depends on how hard you have made things for hackers or botnets to keep persisting until they work out how to get access, or give up and decide to look for a less secure 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 …
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You will see that the test will yield a number of results and details about your website …
(WP security check results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can access all of this information, so can hackers.
(Source: BlogDefender.com)
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 are all potentially useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about exploitable vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and bots.
Blog Defender
Product Description
The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of BlogDefender began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended by its hosting company. This particular blog was new and had literally nothing to offer, yet it was still targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of the event after being informed by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside his site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
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This example shows that that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your website are …
And then shows you how to easily fix these …
WordPress Plugins
The product suite includes three plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
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Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud solutions using different backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to new domains or server locations), do mass text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
The second plugin provides your site with security …
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Plugin #2 performs a range of file and site security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 scans WordPress sites to see whether any of your files have been modified, and fix the problem …
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Pro 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 reciprocating the favor).
Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender product suite also includes several training in video format plus training guides that will show you exactly what to do to protect your site from hackers …
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Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use
The plugins included with Blog Defender install like every other plugin. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugins to your Plugins folder via your WordPress administrator account and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a DIY step-by-step training product that will walk 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.
Additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Being Stolen – If you sell info products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Suspended By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, site can get suspended by your webhost, or even blocked by search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and more.
Features
Blog Defender make your your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender addresses the following issues:
- 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
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help protect your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials From Plugin Users
Here are some of the testimonials plugin customers have written about Blog Defender:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Plugin 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.
The product developer 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 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 need constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most web security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender 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 risk-free, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.
Product 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.. Price = $47.00.
Note: The price of Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
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.
Buy This Product
No matter what kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you simply cannot ignore the importance of securing your web sites.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like keeping your WP installation, plugins and WordPress themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to malicious by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your site is hacked, 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, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Solution For WordPress Websites
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