The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is rising, and things are getting worse.
You can safely assume that if you haven’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+ WordPress 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)
As described by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your website or blog is of little value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, all websites provide an opportunity to profit or benefit at your expense.
If a malicious user can exploit a security vulnerability in your system that lets them gain any form of control of your website, the website or blog can then be used to attack more highly-valued web sites.
The reality is that hackers are probably trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they can break into your site or not, will depend on how hard or easy you can make things for them to keep trying until they either find a way to break in, or are forced to decide to look for an easier 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 site through their WordPress security check …
(WP Security Check Screenshot: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns various results and information about your website setup …
(Hackertarget – website security scan results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your website, then hackers can too.
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The ability 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 all be useful information to hackers, as these can inform them about any potential vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive way to stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender Security Solution For WordPress
Product Description
The product 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 got hacked into. This blog was fairly new and had literally nothing of value to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being suspended by his host and noticing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside the site, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to drive unsuspecting visitors to the site and hijack Paypal account information.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
This simple example demonstrates that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress site are …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 WordPress plugins:
Plugin #1 in the Blog Defender product suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do automated site and file backups to your server, third-party servers and popular cloud storage solutions using a number of backup methods, schedule full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your website with security …
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
This plugin performs a range of vital site security functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your files and content to see if any code in your files has been changed, and repair any problems found …
(Product image: BlogDefender.com)
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 people benefit from your hard work without reciprocating the favor).
Training Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender WordPress security product suite also includes several step-by-step tutorial videos and printable guides that teach you exactly how to protect your website from hackers and bots …
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Go here to learn more:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Below are just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Ready To Use In No Time
The Blog Defender plugins are very easy to install. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a useful DIY training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins you should install to get the job done without paying for additional expenses.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your website from hackers, spammers, botnets, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Secure Your Info Products – If your site sells an info product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Your Host – When a website gets hacked, you can expect to go through a serious amount of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, website or blog could get closed by your webhost, or even deindexed in search engines. In addition, 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 offers a number of great features to website owners.
Blog Defender helps you fix all of the following security areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WordPress Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help secure your web site, addressing hosting security, using tools to quickly 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 site)
User Feedback
Here are just some testimonials plugin users have submitted for the Blog Defender plugin:
”This is a seriously good product!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com
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”In the past month alone, I’ve had 3 niche blogs hacked, costing me hundreds of dollars in lost sales – all of which could have been avoided if I followed the steps in this training. I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than spending months building up a blog, adding posts every few days, and then finding it all gone in an instant. The great thing about these ‘over the shoulder’ videos is that you get to see exactly how to do everything, so it doesn’t matter if you’re technically challenged. Just copy what you see on the screen, and then relax knowing your blogs are safe. (Just one of the tips in the first video alone could probably have prevented my blogs getting hacked) I even noticed one or two tips in there that help with SEO too … so following these videos could even bring your blogs more traffic!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com
Plugin Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released back in 2012, no Blog Defender-protected sites have been hacked.
Matt Garrett 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 is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and technologies that developers can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, doesn’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than many premium 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 no-risk, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Plugin Pricing
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.. Cost = $47.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the plugin sells for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software seller when you visit the 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 Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Our Recommendation
Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, web security is something you simply cannot ignore.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress software, WP plugins and themes, 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 security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if the security on your site is compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your site easier.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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