IronPort Threat Operations Center

The 24x7x365 IronPort Threat Operation Center provides human oversight to ensure speed and accuracy. Experienced analysts use sophisticated tools to verify anomalies and approve automatically generated Outbreak Rules.

What is a Virus Outbreak?

Of the email-based viruses that occur on a daily basis, only few qualify for Virus Outbreak status. For a virus to be classified as an outbreak, it must:

  • be a new virus (or a new variant of an existing known virus),
  • have moderate to significant damage potential,
  • have a widespread distribution, and
  • be an infection that IronPort has seen several instances of, from varied sources.

If any of these occurrences satisfy the above criteria, our Threat Operation Center (TOC) investigates the incident and issues outbreak rules to protect our customers.

Current Virus Outbreak Threat Level

Virus Outbreak Threat Level
Red - Virus Outbreak In Progress
Orange - Virus Outbreak In Last 24 Hours
Green - No Virus Outbreak In Last 24 Hours

 

Virus Outbreaks in the Last 24 Hours (Last Updated: June 20, 2013)

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Virus Outbreak Filters Lead Times

Below are the 20 most recent outbreaks tracked by the IronPort Threat Operations Center and the lead time that IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters provided for each, relative to the signature times of several other anti-virus vendors.

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Zero Hour Detection Post Zero Hour Detection
All times are GMT and in 24 hour format
Virus Name IronPort Sophos McAfee Trend Micro Symantec
Troj/Krypt-D 06/18/2013 21:25 +0d 3h 20m Not Published +0d 9h 20m +0d 16h 55m
Troj/Zbot-FNQ 06/18/2013 19:27 +0d 7h 28m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/BanDelp-A 06/18/2013 18:29 +0d 8h 26m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Banker-FVP 06/18/2013 16:48 +0d 10h 7m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Krypt-D 06/18/2013 14:02 +0d 10h 43m Not Published +0d 10h 18m Not Published
Troj/Matsnu-AL 06/18/2013 12:28 +0d 7h 7m Not Published Not Published +0d 10h 22m
Troj/Zbot-FOA 06/18/2013 11:29 +0d 1h 16m Not Published +0d 6h 1m Not Published
Troj/Zbot-FOB 06/18/2013 11:00 +0d 8h 35m Not Published Not Published +0d 3h 15m
Troj/Banloa-OU 06/18/2013 04:19 +0d 4h 56m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Mdrop-FDY 06/18/2013 03:05 +0d 6h 10m Not Published +0d 18h 15m +0d 11h 10m
Troj/Dorifel-D 06/18/2013 01:25 +0d 4h 20m Not Published +0d 4h 5m +0d 4h 30m
Troj/DwnLdr-KXL 06/17/2013 22:55 +0d 4h 10m Not Published +0d 14h 25m Not Published
Troj/Agent-ACGP 06/17/2013 16:45 +1d 2h 50m Not Published Not Published +0d 13h 10m
Mal/FakeAV-OY 06/17/2013 13:16 +0d 2h 29m Not Published +0d 6h 4m Not Published
Troj/Matsnu-AK 06/17/2013 12:25 +0d 3h 20m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Mdrop-FDU 06/17/2013 07:50 +0d 4h 55m Not Published +0d 3h 30m +0d 15h 5m
Troj/AutoIt-UM 06/17/2013 02:50 +0d 6h 35m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Agent-ACFX 06/17/2013 02:44 +0d 10h 1m Not Published Not Published Not Published
Troj/Mdrop-FDT 06/16/2013 21:55 +0d 2h 40m Not Published Not Published +0d 14h 45m
Troj/Zbot-FNO 06/16/2013 11:05 +0d 5h 30m Not Published +0d 19h 20m Not Published

Note: The AV signature times referenced are the first publicly published signature times. If signature time is not available, first publicly published alert time is used. Generic signatures not included.