The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and it’s only going to get 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 began reporting that 162,000 legitimate WordPress-powered websites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked 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 well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress websites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every web site with a security vulnerability provides some degree of opportunity to hackers. A compromised web site provides hackers with a valuable platform to launch DDoS attacks, spread malware and engage in information theft.
If a malicious user can discover a security opening that allows them to gain remote access and control of your website or blog, your blog can then be employed as a “bot” to attack larger and more valued websites.
The harsh reality is that software-driven bots are most likely scouring for weaknesses and trying to break into your blog right now. Whether they can hack in successfully or not, depends on how difficult or easy you can make things for them to continue persisting until they work out a way to get access, or decide to look for a more vulnerable target.
How Much Information About Your WordPress Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Scan Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan will return various results and information about your site setup …
(Hackertarget – website security check results. Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using this scanning tool that if you can see all of this information, hackers can too.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
Being able to see which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins and themes you have installed, and which files have been uploaded to certain directories on your server can all be useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about potential holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a solution that can stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Solution
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended by the webhost. This blog was devoid of content and had practically no value to offer, yet it was still attacked.
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 his server, as well as the addition of several phishing files designed to lure unsuspecting victims to the site and steal Paypal account information.
(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)
Matt’s experience shows that every website has some value to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …
And let’s you fix these quickly and easily …
Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure backups to your server, external servers and cloud backup solutions using different backup methods (e.g. FTP), perform full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin # 2 provides your web site with security …
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The plugin performs a range of essential website security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
The third plugin lets you scan WordPress sites to detect if code in your files has been tampered with, and repair any problems it detects …
(Product image: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious URLs 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 reciprocating the favor).
Blog Defender – Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender security product suite also includes step-by-step training in video format plus downloadable guides that teach you exactly what you need to do to protect your site from malicious users …
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Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Ready To Use In Minutes
The plugins included with Blog Defender are very easy to install. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your admin area and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a practical and useful do-it-yourself training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you exactly what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins you should install to get the job done inexpensively.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Secure your site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Theft – If your site sells an info product (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Banned By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, you should expect to go through a great deal of inconvenience and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, sites could get suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. In addition, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal and financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Features
Blog Defender provides many features to web site owners.
Blog Defender helps you fix the following security areas and vulnerabilities:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- WP Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- MySQL Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- File Monitoring
- Link Tracking
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tighten Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help secure your website, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and WP plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Product image source: BlogDefender site)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments that customers 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
Useful Tips
According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released in 2012, no websites using Blog Defender were hacked.
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.”
Cybersecurity is is a never-ending game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and technologies that developers presently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier WordPress security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, won’t cost a fortune and it’s as good if not better than most 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 risk-free, 30 day, complete money-back guarantee.
Software 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.
Please Note: Pricing for Blog Defender can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing when this content was written. This 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 your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Plugin Info
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Get The Product
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 cannot afford to ignore.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps you understand what your security responsibilities are as the site owner, 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 how to avoid all the major security risks without investing in expensive solutions.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender WordPress Security Solution
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