The sheer number of attacks on websites and blogs worldwide is increasing on a daily basis, and the situation is getting worse.
It’s safe to assume that if your website or blog hasn’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 began reporting that 162,000 legitimate WordPress 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)
As reported by security firm Sucuri, hackers had leveraged a well-known flaw to attack unsuspecting WordPress sites and direct a distributed-denial-of-service cyberattack (DDoS) towards another popular website.
You may think that your site provides little to no value to hackers, but the reality is that all websites are valuable to a malicious user.
If someone can find a way to break in and control your web site, that website or blog can then be used to target larger and more valued sites.
The reality is that brute-force software bots are very likely searching for security exploits and trying to break into your blog as you are reading this. Whether they can successfully break in will depend on how hard or easy you will make things for hackers to keep persisting until they either find how to get in, or give up and go look for a less secure target.
How Much Information About Your Site Are You Broadcasting To Hackers?
Do you own a WordPress site? If so, visit a site like Hackertarget.com and run your website through their WordPress security scan …
(Website Security Scan Image source: https://hackertarget.com/wordpress-security-scan)
You will see that the check returns various results and details about your website …
(Hackertarget – WordPress security check results. Screenshot: Hackertarget.com)
It should be obvious after using the above tool that if you can access all of this information, hackers can too.
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender website)
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 all be potentially useful information to hackers, as this can inform them about any exploitable security vulnerabilities, especially in older versions.
Fortunately, there is a way you can stop broadcasting all of this information about your site and make your site invisible to malicious users and bots.
Blog Defender WordPress Security Suite
Product Description
Blog Defender is a package of WordPress security video tutorials, WordPress plugins and tools, plus WordPress security documentation in PDF and DOC formats.
Matt Garrett, the creator of the BlogDefender security suit developed BlogDefender after noticing that a WordPress site he set up for his mother had been hacked into. This site was fairly new and so had literally nothing of value to offer, yet it still was hacked.
Matt only became aware of this after being informed by his host and observing that a significant amount of suspicious activity had taken place inside the site, as well as the addition of several phishing files by whoever had broken into the site.
(Source: Blog Defender)
Matt’s experience shows that all websites have some value to hackers.
Blog Defender scans you WordPress installation for security weaknesses …
And let’s you fix these quickly …
Blog Defender – Plugins
The product suite comes with 3 plugins for WordPress:
Pro Plugin # 1 in the Blog Defender suite provides automated backups …
(Screenshot image: BlogDefender site)
The plugin lets you do secure backups to your server, third-party servers and leading cloud-based solutions using a number of backup methods (including FTP and email backups), perform full or partial backups, exclude files or tables from your backups, restore backups, replace URLs (useful when migrating websites to different domains or server locations), search and replace text strings in your WordPress database, perform auto database scans and repairs, and more.
Plugin #2 provides your website or blog with security …
(Screenshot source: BlogDefender site)
Pro Plugin #2 “WP Security” performs a range of vital site and file security functions (see “Product Features” section below).
Plugin #3 scans your files and content to detect if any of your files have been changed, and repair any problems found …
(Screenshot source: Blog Defender)
Plugin #3 “WP Scan & Repair” also scans content to see if any malicious URLs have been added to your site files, bans bad bots, blocks brute force attacks and detects any content leeching (where others benefit from your content without offering any reciprocal benefit in return).
Blog Defender – Videos
In addition to plugins, Blog Defender also includes seven step-by-step video training modules and written documentation that teach you exactly how to protect your website from malicious users …
(Product image source: BlogDefender site)
For more details go here:
Benefits Of Using Blog Defender
Here are just some of the many benefits of using Blog Defender to make your WordPress site invisible to hackers and botnets on your site:
Ready To Start Using In No Time
The Blog Defender plugins install like any plugin. Simply upload them to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple And Easy To Follow
Blog Defender can be used as a do-it-yourself step-by-step training product that will walk you through the website security process and show 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 without incurring unnecessary expenses.
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Protect your site from hackers, spammers, bad bots, data mining tools and malicious users attempting to ruin your business for their own personal and financial gain.
- Protects Intellectual Property From Theft – If you are an information product author (e.g. downloadable ebooks, videos, etc.), your work can be stolen and end up becoming freeware on peer-to-peer sharing sites.
- Avoid Getting Closed By Your Web Host And Deindexed By Search Engines – When a site is hacked, you can expect to go through a great deal of frustration and heartache. It can take days to uncover the problem and sort through any issues these have caused. As a result, your, sites could be suspended by your host, or even blacklisted in search engines. Additionally, hackers can spam your contact list and steal your personal details or financial information, you could end up being fined or even charged with fraud, and much more.
Plugin Features
Blog Defender hide your site from hackers and malicious bots.
Blog Defender covers the following areas:
- Webhost Security Advisory
- WP Plugin Security Audits
- 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
- Link Monitoring
- Blocking Known Offenders
- Automating WordPress Updates
- WordPress Security Audit
- Tightening Server Security
- Kick Out Policy
- Online Reputation Checking
- And More …
Blog Defender uses a logical sequence of steps to help secure your your WordPress installation, addressing hosting security, using scanning and detection tools to quickly identify risky themes and plugins, and then implementing website-wide security using the tools and plugins provided.
(Blog Defender website security process. Image source: BlogDefender.com)
Testimonials
Below are just some testimonials and comments plugin customers have written about 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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”I discovered some incredible security tricks!” David Walker – www.inboxrockstar.com
Plugin Tips
According to Matt Garrett’s site, since Blog Defender’s first release, no Blog Defender-protected sites 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.”
The war on hackers is is a perpetual game of cat and mouse and all security solutions are only as good as the information and tools developers can currently harness. The latest release of Blog Defender provides users with an easier security solution that doesn’t require constant attention, is quite inexpensive 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, 30 day, 100% money-back 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.
Please Note: Pricing for Blog Defender depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the plugin sells for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Plugin Information
For installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the Blog Defender website.
Buy 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 afford to ignore the importance of securing your website.
WordPress is a very secure platform, but neglecting simple maintenance tasks like keeping your WP software, WordPress plugins and themes updated to their latest versions, tightening file and data security and taking other necessary precautions can have disastrous consequences.
Adopting a security procedure like the one 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 to help prevent your sites being compromised, what security features to look for in a webhost, and which tools can make the task of securing your installation easier.
For more details, check out the plugin here: Blog Defender Security Plugin For WordPress
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