The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, 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 reported that 160,000+ WordPress websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could your website 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 described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website or blog with a security vulnerability presents an opportunity to hackers. No website or blog is completely safe from cyber attacks. Corporate websites, personal blogs, government websites … even sites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.
If a hacker can exploit a way to remotely control your website or blog, your site can then be employed as a “bot” to attack more valued sites.
The harsh reality is that brute-force software bots are probably trying to break into your site at this very moment. Whether they will hack in will depend on how hard or easy you will make it for them to keep persisting until they work out how to break in, or are forced to give up and go look for an easier target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
If you visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(Website Security Check Image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns various results and information about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – WP security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you can see all of this information about your blog, then hackers can too.
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Being able to see what version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed on your site, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories can be potentially useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website 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 package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended by the hosting company. This site was new and so had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still hacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had taken place inside his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to lure unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack their Paypal account details.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your web site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite of products includes three plugins for WordPress:
The first plugin in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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Plugin #1 lets you do automated backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud backup solutions using a number of backup methods, perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do mass text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides WordPress security …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #2 performs a range of vital site security functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 lets you scan your files and content to see if any of your files have been changed, and repair any problems found …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 others benefit from your work without providing anything of value in return).
Blog Defender – Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes step-by-step tutorial videos and downloadable guides that show you exactly how to protect your website from hackers …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
For more details, visit the plugin site here:
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
The plugins install just like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload them to your Plugin folder via your administrator account and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as an easy-to-follow step-by-step training product that will take you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins to use to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Being Stolen – If your site sells an information product (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid A Nightmare Situation – When a website is hacked, you should expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. As a result, your, websites could be closed by your webhost, or even blacklisted by search engines. Additionally, your personal contacts can be spammed, your subscriber list and financial details could be stolen, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Features
Blog Defender provides a number of great features to website owners.
The product addresses the following security areas:
- Host Security Advisory
- 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
- Monitor Files
- Link Monitoring
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help protect your website, addressing hosting security, using tools to identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image: BlogDefender website)
Feedback From Users
Here are just a few of the testimonials and comments users have published about Blog Defender:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.com
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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Plugin Tips
According to the plugin developer, no sites secured with the product were hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
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 is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers can get their hands on. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than most premium 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 no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Plugin 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: Pricing details of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was current at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Download 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 ignore the importance of web security.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WP installation, WordPress plugins and themes are kept up-to-date, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting a security policy like the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you learn what’s going on in your site and where the vulnerabilities are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your websites are hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your site easier.
For more information, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Plugin
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