The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is rising, 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 before someone attempts to hack into your site.
On March 11, 2014, technology sites like Cnet.com began reporting that over 162,000 legitimate WordPress-powered web sites 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)
According to leading security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a flaw to attack unsuspecting WP web sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog offers little to no value to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website provides an opportunity to benefit at your expense.
If hackers can exploit a security opening that allows them to remotely control your site, your site can then be employed to attack larger and more highly-valued web sites.
The harsh reality is that software-driven bots are very likely trying to break into your blog at this very moment. Whether they will be successful will depend on how hard or easy you will make things for hackers and botnets to continue trying until they work out a way to get access, or give up and decide to look for an easier target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your Site?
Does your website run on WordPress? If so visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Scan Image source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the scan returns a number of results and information about your website …
(Hackertarget – WP security check results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the tool shown above that if you are able to access all of this information about your WordPress site, then so can hackers.
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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 in your site can be potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about exploitable security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their software versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to hackers and botnets.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into and suspended. This particular site had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it still was attacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and noticing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within his site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that all websites are valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where potential security holes in your web site are …
And let’s you fix these quickly, easily and inexpensively …
Blog Defender – WP Plugins
The Blog Defender security suite comes with three plugins for WordPress:
Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do automated backups to your server, external servers and cloud solutions using a number of backup methods (e.g. FTP), automate full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text in your database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides your web site with security …
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The plugin performs a range of essential file and site security functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).
The third plugin scans your files and content to detect whether any of your files have been changed, and repair any problems it detects …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender.com)
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content have been inserted into your site, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without offering anything of value in return).
Tutorials Videos
In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender WP security product suite also includes a number of training in video format plus training guides that will teach you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
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Go here to learn more about this plugin:
Benefits
Here we have listed 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:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
The plugins are really easy to install. Just upload the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender can be used as a do-it-yourself step-by-step training product that will guide you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get things done inexpensively.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Protect Your Info Products – If your site sells info products (e.g. downloadable ebooks, video tutorials, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blocked By Your Web Host And Banned By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, you can expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. Your, blog could be suspended by your host, or even blocked by search engines. And if this isn’t enough to have to deal with, 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 more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender offers many features to WP users.
The product helps you fix all of the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- WordPress 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 Blocking
- Monitor Files
- Tracking Links
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automating Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender provides a logical sequence of steps to help secure your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Product image: Blog Defender)
Testimonials From Plugin Customers
Below are some of the testimonials plugin customers have submitted regarding Blog Defender:
”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”Since working with blogs, I… like many others, have been concerned about how to handle the constant threat of blog attacks. After having a look at Blog Defender you can’t help but become most aware of the vulnerable areas all bloggers need to protect. Blog Defender is viable WordPress blog security prevention system that offers video instruction along with 3 software plugins that are free to download. The instruction shows the optimum settings on how to use the free plugins that will allow you top level force against blog hacker attacks.” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, no Blog Defender-protected websites have been hacked since Blog Defender was first released.
Matt Garrett, 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 is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers currently can access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates 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.
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 risk-free, thirty day, 100% refund guarantee.
Plugin Pricing
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.
Please Note: Pricing details of the Blog Defender software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Plugin Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Download 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 site.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP installation, plugins and WP themes up-to-date, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site to attacks by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security procedure like the one that Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what’s going on in your site and where the security holes are, what hosting companies can and can’t do if your websites are attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For more information, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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