Blog Defender – WordPress Security Suite

The scale of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is rising, and it’s only going to get worse.

It’s probably safe to assume that if your website or blog hasn’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 160,000+ WordPress websites had been hacked.

Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could your website be next?

(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)

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 flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.

Every site with a security vulnerability presents an opportunity to hackers. No website or blog Large, medium and small sites, personal blogs, government web sites … even sites owned by online security and anti-hacking experts can and have been targeted.

If someone can hack into and control your website or blog, the website or blog can then be used to attack more valued web sites.

The reality is that software-driven bots are looking for exploits and trying to hack into your blog as you are reading this article. Whether they will hack in depends on how difficult or easy you can make things for hackers to keep trying until they can discover a way to get in, or are forced to give up and decide to look for a less protected target.

How Much Information Are You Broadcasting To Hackers About Your WordPress Site?

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 Check Image source: Hackertarget.com)

You will see that the test will return a number of results and information about your site …

(WP security scan results. Screenshot image: Hackertarget.com)

It should be obvious after using the scanning tool that if you can freely access all of this information about your WordPress website, then so can hackers.

(Source: BlogDefender website)

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 are all potentially valuable information to hackers, as this can inform them about potential vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.

Fortunately, there is a solution that will stop broadcasting all of this information about your web site and make your site invisible to malicious attackers and botnets.

Blog Defender Security Product Suite For WordPress Sites

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 the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress blog he set up for his mother got hacked into and suspended. This site had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was attacked.

Matt only became aware of the event after being contacted by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had occurred within the site, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files by whoever had broken into his mother’s site.

(Product image: BlogDefender site)

Matt’s experience demonstrates that every website has value to hackers.

Blog Defender scans you website for potential security weaknesses …

And then shows you how to quickly and easily fix these …

Blog Defender – Plugins

The Blog Defender security product includes three plugins:

Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender product suite helps you schedule automated backups …

(Product image source: BlogDefender.com)

Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do secure site and file backups to your server, external servers and cloud backup solutions using different backup methods (e.g. FTP), automate complete or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (for site migrations), search and replace text in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.

Pro Plugin # 2 provides your web site with security …

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The “WP Security” plugin performs a range of vital site and file protection functions (see “Features” section below).

The third plugin allows you to scan WordPress sites to detect whether your source code has been altered, and repair any problems found …

(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)

Plugin #3 “WordPress Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious content 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 reciprocating the favor).

Videos

In addition to the plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes seven step-by-step video tutorial modules plus training guides that show you exactly how to protect your website from hackers and bots …

(Screenshot: BlogDefender site)

More info:

• Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress

Plugin Benefits

Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:

Fast And Simple To Install And Use

The plugins included with Blog Defender install like any plugin. Just upload them to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.

Really Simple And Easy To Follow Training

Blog Defender is a training product that walks you through the website security process and shows you exactly what to do, including how to set things up, and even which WordPress plugins you can use for free to get things done.

Some additional benefits of using the plugin include the following:

• Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data miners and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
• Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If your site sells information products (e.g. downloadable e-books, video tutorials, etc.), your product can end up as freeware on download sharing sites.
• Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, expect to go through a whole lot of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through the issues these have caused. During this time, your, website or blog could get suspended by your host, or even blocked in search engines. And if that is not enough to have to deal with, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details and financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.

Plugin Features

Blog Defender was created to keeps your site and your business safe and secure 24/7.

The product helps you fix the following security areas and vulnerabilities:

• Hosting Security Advisory
• Plugin Security Audits
• WordPress Theme Security Audits
• Anti Brute Force Security
• Anti Cross-Site Scripting
• WordPress Database Security
• Nefarious Traffic Blocking
• Hide WordPress ‘Tell Tale’ Signs
• Anti-Comment Spam Blocking
• File Monitoring
• Monitor Links
• Block Known Offenders
• Automate WordPress Updates
• WordPress Security Audit
• Tightening Server Security
• Kick Out Policy
• Reputation Checking
• And More …

Blog Defender provides a logical sequence of steps to help secure your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and plugins, and then implementing site-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.

(Blog Defender website security process. Screenshot image: Blog Defender)

Feedback From Users

Below are a couple of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have provided for Blog Defender:

”This is probably one of those times you ask yourself ‘do I really need this product?’ Let’s face it, on the surface it’s not going to immediately put more money in your pocket or even add some cool new gizmo to your site… The truth is yes you do and you need it now. I’ve been in the online business for 10+ years and had my fair share of hacked sites which have cost me time and money (lots of it)…I’ve also seen a good number of people have their reputations and entire businesses left in tatters when their sites have been hacked. Right now is the time to act, because when it’s too late, well basically you’ll be screwed (and you’ll regret the day you passed over such a great opportunity to protect yourself for so little). And by the way, if you think your web host will come to your rescue think again, you’ll be on your own, paying to put things right and suffering the cost of lost sales and business. This is a seriously good product and if you rely on WordPress to make you money online then it’s nothing less than essential. Buy it, follow Matt’s expert advice and don’t end up another victim!” Simon Hodgkinson, www.hodgkinsonpublishing.com

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”A top level force against hacker attacks!” Micheal Nicholas, Impact Info Marketing

Plugin Tips

According to the plugin developer, since Blog Defender’s first release, no Blog Defender-secured websites were 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 constant game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers 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 web 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, thirty day, full money-back guarantee.

Software Cost

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.

Please Note: Pricing for the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin sells for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.

Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details here:

• Blog Defender

Additional Information

For help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.

We Recommend

Regardless of the kind of business you run or plan to run online and how small you think your web presence is, you cannot afford to ignore the importance of website security.

WordPress is a very secure web platform, but neglecting essential maintenance tasks like making sure that your WP core files, plugins and WP themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.

Adopting security procedures like the one Blog Defender provides, will help you understand what your security responsibilities are as the site owner, what hosting companies can and can’t do to help prevent your sites being attacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the process of securing your WordPress website easier.

For full details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender

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