The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and things are only going to get worse.
It’s safe to 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 began reporting that over 162,000 WordPress web sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked 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 attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that the information in your website or blog is of little value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites are valuable to a malicious user.
If a hacker can discover a vulnerability and control your website, your site can then be employed to attack more valued sites.
The truth is that hackers are very likely looking for weaknesses and trying to hack into your website as you are reading this page. Whether they will hack in successfully will depend on how difficult you can make it for hackers to keep trying until they either can work out how to get access, or are forced to give up and go look for a less protected target.
How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?
If you visit Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security check …
(WordPress Security Check Source: Hackertarget.com)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and details about your WordPress setup …
(WordPress security check results. Source: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the scanning tool that if you can freely access all of this information, 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 in your site can be potentially useful information to hackers, as this informs them about any potential security vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and protect against malicious attacks.
Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began developing BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This particular blog had practically nothing of value to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of what had happened after being contacted by his host and noticing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred within the site, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into his site.
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Matt’s experience should be enough to convince you that all websites have some value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you website for potential security vulnerabilities …
And then shows you how to fix these quickly and easily …
Blog Defender – WordPress Plugins
Blog Defender includes 3 plugins:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …
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The “Automated Backups” plugin lets you do automated site, file and data backups to your server, external servers and leading cloud storage solutions using different backup methods (e.g. Email), schedule complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), do bulk text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
Pro Plugin #2 “WordPress Security” provides WordPress security …
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This plugin performs a range of vital site and file security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” allows you to scan your files and content to detect whether your source code has been found, and repair the problem …
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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 content without offering any reciprocal value in return).
Step-By-Step Videos
In addition to the plugins, Blog Defender also includes video guides plus training guides that will show you exactly how to protect your website from malicious users …
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Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure
The Blog Defender plugins are very easy to install. Simply upload them to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin login and activate.
Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training
Blog Defender is a 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 WordPress plugins you should use to get things done.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Secure your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to exploit your site for their own personal and financial gain.
- Prevent Your Info Products From Being Stolen – If you sell information products (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on free download sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Banned By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, account could be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal and financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Blog Defender Features
Blog Defender make your your WordPress site invisible to hackers and malicious bots.
Blog Defender addresses the following security areas:
- Hosting Security Advisory
- Plugin Security Audits
- Theme Security Audits
- Anti Brute Force Security
- Anti Cross-Site Scripting
- WP Database Security
- Nefarious Traffic Blocking
- Hiding WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
- Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Known Offender Blocking
- Automate Core Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps for securing your web site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using tools to identify risky themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender WordPress security process. Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials
Here are just a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have provided for Blog Defender:
”I’ve had to go through the inconvenience of a hacked blog before and let me tell you it’s not nice. With online security becoming an increasing problem, especially with WordPress, this is a great way to secure your blog. I’ll be following Matt’s training and securing all my blogs…Great job.” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com
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”My business is built around the WordPress platform and I’m embarrassed to admin I’ve been slack in the security department. However, Matt’s training soon put that right! I followed each detailed video to the letter and discovered some incredible security tricks and plugins I’d never heard of before. Better still, all the plugins were free to download too! The end result? My WordPress membership site is now locked down tighter than Parkhurst at midnight and if anybody tries hacking it, I’ll be the first to know! thanks again Matt, I’m off to secure the rest of the blogs in my portfolio!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Useful Tips
According to the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was first released in 2012, no Blog Defender-protected websites were hacked.
Matt Garrett, the product developer 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 knowledge and technologies that developers can currently access. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, is quite inexpensive and it’s as good if not better than many premium security products or services currently being offered at a higher price.
Blog Defender Plugin 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 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 the Blog Defender plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was current when this review was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy This Product
Regardless of the type 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 web site.
WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting basic maintenance tasks like keeping your WP software, plugins and WP themes up-to-date, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can expose your site to attacks by hackers and bots.
Blog Defender helps 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 site is attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress installation easier.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender
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