The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is massive, and this is only going to get worse.
You can safely assume that if you haven’t been hacked yet, then it’s only a matter of time.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com reported that over 162,000 WordPress web sites 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)
According to leading security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every blog with a security vulnerability presents an opportunity to hackers. A compromised website presents malicious users with a valuable resource for stealth attacks, spreading malware and engaging in information theft.
If a hacker can exploit a weakness in your security and remotely take control of your website or blog, your blog can then be employed as a “bot” to attack other valued sites.
The reality is that hackers are very likely searching for security weaknesses and trying to break into your blog right now. Whether they will break in successfully depends on how hard or easy you will make things for hackers to keep trying until they work out a way to break in, or decide to look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Scan Screenshot source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the scan will return various results and details about your site setup …
(WP security scan results. Product image source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this tool that if you are able to see all of this information, then so can hackers.
(Image source: BlogDefender website)
Being able to see which 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 all be potentially valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about potentially exploitable security weaknesses, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress Websites & Blogs
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular blog had literally no value to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being contacted by his host and seeing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within the server, as well as the addition of several malicious files designed to drive unsuspecting victims to the site and steal their financial details.
(Product image: BlogDefender website)
Matt’s experience illustrates the fact that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress installation for potential security vulnerabilities …
And then shows you how to quickly fix these …
WP Plugins
The product suite includes 3 WordPress plugins:
The first plugin in the product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Image source: BlogDefender website)
This plugin lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, external servers and cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods, perform complete or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text replacements in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your website with security …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)
This plugin provides a range of file and site security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Pro Plugin # 3 scans your files and content to see whether any of your files have been modified, and repair problems …
(Image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin # 3 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 people benefit from your hard work without offering any reciprocal value in return).
Blog Defender – Tutorials Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes 7 step-by-step video training modules plus training documentation that show you exactly how to protect your website from hackers …
(Source: BlogDefender website)
More info:
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Be Up And Running In No Time
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugins to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a training product that takes you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get things done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Secure Your Info Products – If your site sells a digital product (e.g. downloadable e-books, videos, etc.), your product can end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, website or blog could get suspended by your host, or even deindexed by search engines. And if this isn’t painful enough, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your business and financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender hide your WordPress web site from hackers and bots.
The product covers the following areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- File Monitoring
- Link Tracking
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automate Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighter Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your web site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WordPress themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Product image: BlogDefender.com)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that users have written about Blog Defender:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”Just one tip could have prevented my blogs getting hacked!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Plugin Tips
According to the product’s site, no websites secured with the product 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.”
The war on hackers is is a constant game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers can currently access. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t need 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, thirty day, complete money-back guarantee.
Product Price
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: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this article was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Install These Plugins
Regardless of the type of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you cannot ignore.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and WordPress themes, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site 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 website is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your installation easier.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender Security Product Suite
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