pony | b91858423438eac4acd750963c4852056a0a918c14625f2e31b0c20b8402bbba

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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24-11-2024 05:26

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General

Target

payment.exe
Size

596KB
MD5

f46692489366d27b40a12e4c4d1058ce
SHA1

0980baa1b2d3c28c37d82ccf38fa46dfc6c5b2d7
SHA256

aa3a264091c90d6817a63521c278377f4bc8611e25354be6502ddeee58459809
SHA512

4020018465035da32a38cbd7c5d2f79eb69d97fc8ad0c6df4395857120a0c0e945273d6818763fe6cc9b79cc5a1299737d7bc15c2a42f6810db0815ddb706f39
SSDEEP

6144:2z3XcK8UE+BBrOMO50kE3LzGanKT3SprbVu1t8N6/G26/Ai9pRwK4kzEqPKu:YXFUukcnKcItK6O2Q79nzEe

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 family
pony
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

Processes:

payment.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\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

Processes:

payment.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts	payment.exe

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

payment.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\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

Processes:

payment.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2140 set thread context of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3756-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3756-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3756-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3756-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3756-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3756-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-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

Processes:

payment.execmd.exepayment.exe

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

Processes:

payment.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3756	payment.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	3756	payment.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

payment.exe

pid	Process
2140	payment.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes:

payment.exepayment.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 2140 wrote to memory of 3756	2140	payment.exe	84
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1340	3756	payment.exe	104
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1340	3756	payment.exe	104
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1340	3756	payment.exe	104

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes:

payment.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\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:2140
- 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:3756
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\240701046.bat" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.exe" "
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1340

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\240701046.bat

Filesize
94B

MD5
3880eeb1c736d853eb13b44898b718ab

SHA1
4eec9d50360cd815211e3c4e6bdd08271b6ec8e6

SHA256
936d9411d5226b7c5a150ecaf422987590a8870c8e095e1caa072273041a86e7

SHA512
3eaa3dddd7a11942e75acd44208fbe3d3ff8f4006951cd970fb9ab748c160739409803450d28037e577443504707fc310c634e9dc54d0c25e8cfe6094f017c6b

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memory/3756-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3756-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3756-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3756-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3756-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3756-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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