pony | 8ce0be4b54e1c13c45bbbb1a0b69058ee6e5f0c9a2aa49d06c27b4239f1defed

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
116s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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04-10-2024 22:06

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General

Target

payment.exe
Size

620KB
MD5

3b2b3d6095585b2f31674d484d6d34ff
SHA1

393fbd4ba2bc44d647c588c868fd4662dcb7a54d
SHA256

a8ba3f889b509af56ac982f9410bd94a00e26cdef549586728f63fab88fbf0c5
SHA512

a0973df1add80c52e935292ddb86b76f49a24c3a777d1f1618e2e3b4eaffcb214dcd07d1ec644001bc0700d16a1a75c43aa24b9e71613589ed89e202643eee00
SSDEEP

6144:3UEjebs98Z4NBBGDWMKvS8JnWJ1t8N6/G26/Ai9pRwK4kzEqPKu:kPQ6QvS8JWvtK6O2Q79nzEe

Score

10^/10

pony collection credential_access discovery rat spyware stealer upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

pony

http://204.188.238.141/~paulcomp/js/paul.php

Signatures

Pony,Fareit
Pony is a Remote Access Trojan application that steals information.
rat spyware stealer pony

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	payment.exe

Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs
Steal credentials from unsecured files.
credential_access stealer

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	payment.exe

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook	payment.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3624 set thread context of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2208-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2208-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2208-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2208-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2208-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	payment.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	payment.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2208	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	2208	payment.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3624	payment.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2208	3624	payment.exe	83
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 460	2208	payment.exe	93
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 460	2208	payment.exe	93
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 460	2208	payment.exe	93

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook	payment.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3624
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:2208
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\240694328.bat" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe" "
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:460

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\240694328.bat

Filesize
94B

MD5
3880eeb1c736d853eb13b44898b718ab

SHA1
4eec9d50360cd815211e3c4e6bdd08271b6ec8e6

SHA256
936d9411d5226b7c5a150ecaf422987590a8870c8e095e1caa072273041a86e7

SHA512
3eaa3dddd7a11942e75acd44208fbe3d3ff8f4006951cd970fb9ab748c160739409803450d28037e577443504707fc310c634e9dc54d0c25e8cfe6094f017c6b

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memory/2208-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2208-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2208-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2208-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2208-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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