Blog Defender – WordPress Security Suite

The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and this is getting worse.

It’s safe to assume that if you haven’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 reported that 162,000 WordPress sites had been hacked.

Thousands of websites and blogs are hacked every year! Could yours 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)

According to leading 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.

You may think that your website or blog is of no interest to hackers, but the reality is that to a hacker, every website provides an opportunity to gain some advantage at your expense.

If hackers can exploit a web security flaw, that website or blog can then be employed to target larger and more valued websites.

The harsh reality is that malicious bots are very likely looking for weaknesses and trying to break into your website or blog right now. Whether they can achieve this will depend on how difficult or easy you can make things for hackers to continue trying until they find how to get access, or give up and go look for a less secure target.

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

If you visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security scan …

(Hackertarget – WordPress Security Check Image source: Hackertarget.com)

You will see that the scan returns a number of results and details about your site …

(WordPress security check results. Screenshot source: Hackertarget.com)

It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can access all of this information about your site, 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 valuable information to hackers, as this informs them about any potential security weaknesses, especially where the owners haven’t updated their sites.

Fortunately, there is a way you can 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 Websites

Product Description

The product is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.

Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother got hacked into. This blog was almost brand new and had practically nothing to offer, yet it was still attacked.

Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place within the server, as well as the addition of a number of malicious files by whoever had broken into the site.

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This example shows that that all websites have value to hackers.

Blog Defender shows you where the security weaknesses in your WordPress installation are …

And let’s you fix these quickly …

Blog Defender – WP Plugins

Blog Defender comes with three WordPress plugins:

The first plugin in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …

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This plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and cloud backup solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), schedule full or partial backups, exclude tables or files from your backups, restore previous backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating sites to different domains or server locations), do mass text replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.

Pro Plugin #2 “WP Security” provides your website or blog with security …

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Plugin #2 performs a range of website protection functions (see “Blog Defender Features” section below).

The third plugin lets you scan your content and files to detect whether anything unusual in your files has been found, and fix problems …

(Image source: BlogDefender website)

Pro Plugin # 3 also scans content to see if any malicious scripts have been inserted into your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where people benefit from your content without providing any reciprocal value or benefit in return).

Videos

In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender suite of products also includes video tutorials and written guides that will show you exactly what you need to do to protect your website from hackers …

(Screenshot: BlogDefender.com)

Learn more about this plugin here:

• Blog Defender

Benefits Of Using Blog Defender

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

Quick And Easy Installation

The plugins included in the Blog Defender product suite are very easy to install. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugins to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.

Very Simple And Easy To Follow Training

Blog Defender can be used as a DIY step-by-step training product that will take you through the website security process and show you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free WordPress plugins you should install to get the job done without paying additional or unnecessary costs.

Additional plugin benefits include the following:

• Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to ruin your business for personal and financial gain at your expense.
• Protect Your Info Products From Theft – If you are a digital product author (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on download sharing sites.
• Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Delisted By Search Engines – When a site has been hacked, expect to go through a great deal of frustration and aggravation. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. During this time, your, sites could be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted by search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.

Plugin Features

Blog Defender provides many features to WordPress users.

Blog Defender covers the following security areas and vulnerabilities:

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

Blog Defender follows a logical process to help secure your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky WordPress themes and WP plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.

(Blog Defender website security process. Image source: BlogDefender site)

Testimonials

Below are just some testimonials and feedback that plugin users have published about the Blog Defender security suite:

”Great way to secure your blog!” JohnThornhill – www.johnthornhill.com

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”Just one tip could have prevented my blogs getting hacked!” Richard Legg – www.richard-legg.com

Plugin Tips

According to Matt Garrett, the plugin developer, since Blog Defender was released back in 2012, no Blog Defender-secured sites were hacked.

Matt Garrett 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 perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the knowledge and tools developers presently can harness. The latest release of Blog Defender creates an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, doesn’t cost you 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 no-risk, thirty day, full refund guarantee.

Plugin 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.. Price = $47.00.

Note: The price of the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.

Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:

• Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress Blogs

Additional Info

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

What We Recommend

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 afford to ignore the importance of web security.

WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like updating your WordPress installation, plugins and themes, tightening file and data protection and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.

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 to help prevent your sites being hacked or compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your website easier.

For complete details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Websites

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