For Immediate Release:
New Pre-Hacked Firewalls Streamline Security Operations
March 17, 2025 San Jose, CA -
BitFryer, creator of cloud-first, AI-powered security solutions, has announced the new SteelWool line of pre-hacked firewalls. Available as appliances or VMs, SteelWool lets customers pick one of three pre-installed malware packages: ransomware, exfiltration, or corporate espionage.
Typhoon-tier customers can also choose the criminal gang or nation-state actor that owns their boxes.
In today’s world of cloud, AI, and software, firewall makers have become incapable of writing secure code. According to the 2025 Horizon Breach Report, the mean time to a vulnerability being reported after a firewall is deployed is just 15 seconds. And new vulnerabilities are being discovered 1,047% faster than in 2024.
By shipping firewalls with malware already installed, SteelWool eliminates the need to patch vulnerabilities, analyze logs, or staff a SoC. And that means massive operational savings: just one SteelWool firewall can cut SecOps TCO as much as 99%.
“We founded BitFryer with a mission to shift left on security,” says CEO F. Leece Veste. “With the SteelWool line, we’ve shifted all the way back to the right.”
SteelWool firewalls can be deployed wherever you store sensitive data: the edge, public and private clouds, the corporate data center, and even home offices.
“SteelWool is a market leader when it comes to Zero Trust,” says Cash Down, Research Lead at analyst firm AI Tool. “You literally cannot trust this firewall. That’s why we’ve added SteelWool to our Corporate Yearly Advisory (CYA) GuideTM. If your CIO needs to check the Zero Trust box, SteelWool is a strong contender.”
SteelWool from BitFryer is available globally now.