WebsiteDefender Pro will offer you:

Daily security checks.
In-depth security checks for malware using the award-winning Bitdefender commercial malware
database.
Automated backup and restore of your entire website including your WordPress databases.
Easy migration from one hoster to another.
URL scanning against the Google’s blacklist
Ability to scan up to 50 websites with this number set to increase with future updates.
Full website security scan and integrity monitoring for various vulnerabilities and hacker activity.
Ability to identify WordPress configuration mistakes and vulnerabilities, such as TimThumb
vulnerability.
Expired SSL certificate notifications.
Web file integrity validation checks.
Forensic analysis on hacker attack (ability to see all the changes a hacker made on your website).
Detection of vulnerable WordPress plugins and themes.
Email alerts on detected issues.
Precise instructions on how to fix detected issues.
Technical Support (Email, chat, phone?).

WebsiteDefender Pro is designed to ensure a much higher degree of security for any website starting at only $99.95 per year or $19.95 per month. Soon you will be able to upgrade to WebsiteDefender Pro directly from your WebsiteDefender Dashboard.

The WebsiteDefender Free Edition will remain available for a limited number of monthly security checks.

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The WordPress theme TwentyXS was deleted from your WordPress installation in /home/acxdani6/public_html/wsdtest6/blog.
Theme details
Name TwentyXS
Version 1.5
Directory /home/acxdani6/public_html/wsdtest6/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyxs/

Once you get to the bottom of the issue, you can then mark such alerts as ”Resolved” or you can choose to ”Ignore future alerts”.

To ensure your plugin security it is also important to update to the latest version. WebsiteDefender will alert you if any installed plugins require updating with the alert “WordPress plugin requires update”. Sample details provided for plugin updates are as follows:
Update details
Plugin name jetpack
WordPress path /home/acxdani6/public_html/wsdtest6/blog
Plugin new version 1.2.4
Plugin homepage http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/
Plugin package http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jetpack.1.2.4.zip

You can then proceed to download and install the recommend updates to ensure your theme and plugin security and protect your entire website from known WordPress issues and vulnerabilities.

Sign up for your WebsiteDefender account here to ensure your themes and plugins security.

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WebHostingSearch.com is an online portal that helps you choose the best hosting solution and web tools for your website by publishing comprehensive reviews and product recommendations. It also allows the users to write personal reviews and rank the providers and tools. Therefore, you can easily view the pros and cons of a specific web solution provider and learn from other users’ experiences. The information is presented in a simple manner so that even beginners are able to choose the right services and tools that will provide the desired functionality for their website.

To be the 2012 Recommended Web Tool means that the WebHostingSearch Team are convinced that WebsiteDefender is one of the most valuable tools to help ensure your website security. A few features of WebsiteDefender are:

• In-depth security checks for malware.
• Regular monitoring for under the hood hacker activity.
• Automated Backups and easy restoration.
• Alerts if important files are modified pointing to hacker activity (file integrity validation).
• Email notifications in case of any malware, hacker activity or vulnerabilities detected on your website.
• The WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin that works in tandem with the WebsiteDefender service to offer extra protection for WordPress websites.

View the WebHostingSearch recommendation for WebsiteDefender here.

Sign up for your WebsiteDefender account here to see for yourself why it comes highly recommended by WebHostingSearch.com.

Stay up to date with the latest information about the web security world by ‘liking’ our WebsiteDefender Facebook Page and reading our WebsiteDefender Blog.

To make sure you have a strong administrator username choose uncommon combination of words and preferably include some numbers and symbols, for example “sky723-156”. To change your default WordPress admin username follow these steps:

1.  Login into your WordPress admin panel using your admin account.
2. Select the ”users” area from your dashboard panel, and click on “Add New User”.
3. Fill in the form and choose ”administrator” in the ”Role” drop down menu (remember to enter a strong web password and also check the password strength indicator to confirm that your new password is strong enough).
4. When finished, click on ”Add New User”.
5. Log in again using your new WordPress admin username.
6. Navigate to the ”Users” area.
7. From the users list tick the box of the previous “admin” username and select ”Delete” from the drop-down menu.
8. Next, you will be asked about the articles posted under the the previous ”admin” username. Select the option “attribute all posts and links to:” and select your new administrator password. When ready click “Confirm Deletion”.
9. Make sure that the “display name” of your admin user is different from the username, especially if the admin user posts any blog articles. If the actual username is used also as ”display name” of the writer, a hacker can easily identify the admin username and target the account.

WordPress Issues And Their Fix

Although there are several ways in which WordPress issues can be tightened, only a few users follow them, which makes the platform even more vulnerable. The open source nature of WordPress means a lot of damage can be done also through vulnerable WordPress themes and plugins or through automated exploits, which can destroy your website and your reputation. These are the top WordPress issues and vulnerabilities that are being exploited by hackers.

1. Insecure Plugins and Themes

   WordPress offers many free plug-ins and themes that enhance the functionality of your website with minimum costs. However, you have to be aware of the fact that they may contain vulnerabilities or even hidden malicious code that can compromise your website. It is very important to download plug-ins and themes from trusted developers and also keep them updated at all times to ensure your WordPress plugin security. You can also use web tools that monitor your WordPress sites for vulnerabilities and under the hood hacker activity.

2. Strong Web Password

   A lot of WordPress issues can be avoided with good habits and a strong password is one of them. A good password protects your site from brute attack and acts as a security gateway for your site. If a hacker is able to hack your administrator account, then he can install scripts that can possibly damage your whole server. Do not use predictable and weak passwords (first name, last name, etc), try to use combination of letters and numerals, which are more difficult to guess.

3. SQL Injection

   WordPress is a database backed platform that is based on PHP scripts, which makes it vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. This means that hackers can use URL insertion attacks to access your database. Once a hacker get access to your website using an SQL injection technique, he/she can easily steal sensitive information, such as customer data or credit card details, modify your website content or even delete your web files. SQL injections can be difficult to detect as it depends on the hacker imagination and experience. However you can prevent such attacks by changing the default database tables prefix and setting strict rules of accessibility in your .htaccess file hosted on your web server or by your web hosting provider.

4. Databases Access via a Root Account

   All your WordPress content and web files are stored in one databases. If you are using more than one web application, each application will have its own database. Your WordPress root account provides complete access to all your databases that are saved on the same web server or under the same web hosting account. If a hacker discovers your root account credentials, then he / she can get access to all your databases. Therefore, it is highly recommend to create dedicated accounts to access each individual database, rather than using your root account. For more information, read our article on why should you avoid accessing your WordPress databases using the root account.

5. Database permissions

   Database permissions allows a web application to access and also modify specific parts of the database. If database permissions are not tightened down, a malicious user can exploit such permissions and modify the database content and structure. Update your database permissions with the right privileges to make sure your website’s database is secure.

Hacking attacks not only make cyber criminals rich and satisfied, they affect your site’s position in terms of search engine rankings. A site infected by spam is not only ranked low, it also gets highlighted, which adversely affects its reputation and business potential. WebsiteDefender can help you prevent hacker attacks by:

• Checking if your installed plugins and themes are secure.
• Alerting you if a newer version of your installed plugins, themes or WordPress has been released.
• Alerting you if your account credentials are insecure, for example if your passwords are weak.
• Checking if the WordPress database prefix is guessable.
• Detecting configuration problems in .htaccess files.
• Alerting you if the root account is used for database access.
• Alerting you if the files and directories permissions are insecure.

Sign up for your WebsiteDefender account to safeguard your website from the most dangerous WordPress vulnerability issues and exploits existing in the web world today.

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