The scale of attacks on websites and blogs around the world is massive, and this is only going to get worse.
You can safely 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 reported that over 162,000 legitimate WordPress sites had been hacked.
Thousands of websites are hacked every year! Could your website be next?
(Source: Blog Defender)
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 well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyber-attack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
Every website or blog with a security vulnerability offers some value to hackers. If you think that your website or blog is of no interest to hackers, think again. Large, medium and small business web sites, personal blogs, government sites … even sites owned by online security experts can and have been targeted.
If a malicious user can hack and gain stealth control of your website, that web site can then be used to target more valuable sites.
The harsh reality is that software-driven bots are very likely searching for exploits and trying to break into your web site right now. Whether they can be successful depends on how hard you have made things for them to keep persisting until they discover a way to break in, or 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 a site like Hackertarget.com and run your site through their WordPress security check …
(WP Security Check Image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the test returns a number of results and information about your site …
(website security scan results. Product image: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can see all of this information, hackers can too.
(Source: Blog Defender)
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 are all potentially useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about potentially exploitable holes or weaknesses, especially where site owners haven’t updated their sites.
Fortunately, there is a simple and inexpensive solution to stop broadcasting all of this information about your website and protect against other malicious threats.
Blog Defender Security Suite For WordPress Websites
Product Description
The product is a suite of WordPress security video tutorials, plugins and tools, plus a WordPress security PDF/DOC file.
Matt Garrett, the developer of BlogDefender began looking for a way to develop BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress-driven site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This particular blog had practically nothing to offer, yet it still was targeted by hackers.
Matt only became aware of this after being suspended by his host and seeing that a significant amount of unusual activity had occurred within the server, as well as the addition of a number of phishing files designed to lure unsuspecting victims to the site and hijack their Paypal account information.
(Product image source: BlogDefender website)
This example is evidence that every website is valuable to hackers.
Blog Defender shows you where the security holes in your WordPress installation are …
And let’s you easily fix these …
WordPress Plugins
Blog Defender includes 3 WordPress plugins:
The first plugin in the Blog Defender suite helps you schedule automated backups …
(Image source: Blog Defender)
Pro Plugin #1 “Automated Backups” lets you do automated backups to your server, external servers and well-known cloud-based storage solutions using a number of backup methods, schedule full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to different domains or server locations), do bulk text string replacements in your WordPress database, perform malware scans and blacklist checks automatically, and more.
The second plugin provides your WP website with security …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender.com)
This plugin performs a range of essential file and site security functions (see “Features” section below).
Plugin #3 allows you to scan your content and files to see if code in your files has been modified, and repair any problems found …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender website)
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 providing you anything of value in return).
Videos
In addition to plugins, the Blog Defender security product suite also includes step-by-step tutorial videos plus printable documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your site from hackers and bots …
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
For more details go here:
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your web site:
Ready To Go To Work In No Time
The plugins included in the Blog Defender product suite install just like every other WP plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender is an easy-to-follow DIY step-by-step training product that takes you through the website security process and shows you what to do, including how to set everything up, and even which free plugins to install to get the job done.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your WordPress site from hackers, spammers, botnets, data mining tools and malicious users whose aims is to exploit your site for personal and financial gain at your expense.
- Secure Your Info Products – If you’re an information product creator (e.g. downloadable e-books, video training, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up as freeware on free downloading sites.
- Avoid Getting Blacklisted By Search Engines – When a site gets hacked, you should expect to go through a serious amount of inconvenience and heartache. It can take days to uncover problems and sort through any issues these have caused. In the meantime, your, web presence can get suspended by your webhost, or even deindexed by search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal or financial information, you could be fined or even charged with fraud, and a whole lot more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender was created to locks down your site and keeps your business safe and secure 24/7.
Blog Defender covers the following issues:
- Host Security Advisory
- WordPress Plugin Security Audits
- 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
- Monitoring Files
- Link Monitoring
- Block Known Offenders
- Automating Core WP Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical process to help protect your site, addressing potential hosting security issues, using scanning and detection tools to identify risky WP themes and WordPress plugins, and then helping you implement website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Source: BlogDefender site)
Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that plugin customers have written about the Blog Defender plugin:
“You are literally walked through the process!” Nikki Stephens, www.nikkistephens.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 the plugin developer, since the release of Blog Defender, no Blog Defender-secured websites were hacked.
Matt 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 an escalating arms race and all security solutions are only as good as the information and technologies that developers currently can harness. 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 many 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, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Plugin Pricing
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.. Cost = $47.00.
Note: Price details for the Blog Defender software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Use 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 cannot ignore the importance of web security.
WordPress is a secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like ensuring that your WP core files, WP plugins and themes are kept updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can expose your website to attacks by hackers and bots.
Adopting a security policy 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 hacked, what security features to look for in a webhost, and how to avoid major security risks without paying a lot of money.
For more details, visit the plugin website here: Blog Defender
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