Top 10 WAF Platforms for Eastern Europe

2021. Antivirus for websites Virusdie released plugin for WordPress



Virusdie has released a plugin for WordPress websites. The free version includes a WAF firewall with basic protection, monthly malware scanning (redirects, Trojans, backdoors, shell scripts, malicious code and URLs, SEO spam, hacks, injected code, cryptocurrency miners), database scanning, automatic site checks against over 60 blacklists (plus one-click removal). The paid version includes daily scanning, automatic malware removal, a file editor with malicious code highlighting, file backup before cleaning, WAF protection against XSS and SQL injections, DoS attacks, brute-force attacks, content scraping protection, IP whitelisting/blacklisting, and country blocking.


2015. Fortinet unveils new firewalls for web application protection



Fortinet has introduced new web application firewalls - FortiWeb 4000E and 3000E. They are designed to prevent identity theft, fraud, and denial of service attacks using a dedicated, multi-layered application defense system. FortiWeb solutions provide real-time application protection against threats, supported by the FortiGuard Labs team dedicated to advanced threat research. The FortiWeb 4000E firewall delivers 20 Gbps throughput. These new products are integrated with Fortinet's FortiSandbox solution and enhanced with advanced vulnerability scanning from Acunetix. These changes optimize Fortinet's extensive information security platform, which protects customer data at every possible network entry point.


2014. LoadMaster load balancing system integrates with Web application firewall

Kemp L7 WAF (Web Application Firewall/WAF) has integrated with the Kemp Technologies LoadMaster load balancing operating system. This allows companies to securely deploy web applications, preventing Layer-7 attacks while providing essential load balancing services, ensuring proper application delivery performance, availability, and scalability. The ModSecurity WAF engine has been optimized and integrated with the Kemp Technologies ADC (Application Delivery Controller) engine. This has optimized LoadMaster's security features for creating a layered defense for web applications, ensuring the secure and productive use of web application resources. The integrated Kemp L7 WAF platform is based on technology that provides real-time coverage for all published threats, including dozens of OWASP threats, as well as critical baseline protection.


2013. Runa Capital invests in web application security system Wallarm

Runa Capital, a venture capital firm, announced an investment in Wallarm, a web application security solution, and that Dmitry Galperin, Runa Capital's Chief Investment Officer, will join the Wallarm project's board of directors. Wallarm is designed for companies whose businesses provide services over the internet. The product combines web application protection from hacker attacks and vulnerability scanning. The company plans to use the seed investment received from Runa Capital for further product development, transition to a product model, and business scaling. To advance its market reach, Wallarm also plans to attract new partners: cloud service providers, PaaS/IaaS solution providers, monitoring systems, and IPS/IDS providers, with the goal of increasing its share of the growing internet security market, which, according to IDC, exceeds $4 billion. Investors estimate that the Wallarm system will be in high demand among companies operating in the e-commerce and online payments, SaaS/PaaS, Big Data, electronic media, and personal communications markets. Wallarm product prices start at $1000 per month.


2013. Fortinet unveiled the next generation of FortiWeb operating system

Fortinet announced the release of a next-generation operating system for its FortiWeb family of web application security appliances. The new FortiWeb 5 OS provides protection against evolving threats and is compatible with all FortiWeb appliances. It offers optimized features, including the ability to determine traffic origins and distinguish legitimate and suspicious sources. FortiWeb can recognize legitimate and known search queries and distinguish them from crawlers, bots, and other threats. This expands the analysis and bot detection capabilities recently offered by the FortiGuard IP Reputation service, which monitors compromised IP addresses or IP addresses with anomalous activity. Along with FortiWeb 5, Fortinet also introduced three new web application firewalls—the FortiWeb-3000D, FortiWeb-3000DFsx, and FortiWeb-4000D—designed for large enterprises, data centers, and service providers that require web application security without degrading network performance.