pony | 445130cd8e17695437d47824df2bd0e07f34260fc830aef5b4d4ffd4cff20f09

General

Target

pony_or_dbat.exe
Size

2.2MB
MD5

02b21fe5a669dbec072e447eda90b344
SHA1

4657710b0fa53377228a80c070cd3c52180f0cef
SHA256

445130cd8e17695437d47824df2bd0e07f34260fc830aef5b4d4ffd4cff20f09
SHA512

45be58681c4987367f45a952c8f104ace4616c1560a4aaccca9e86f2708a437ded5535421694bc4d9594ccef41d31bb7e4a3670020d26397498f5e882c155636
SSDEEP

24576:oUzNkyrbtjbGixCOPKH2I1iIWILtfOIJ+HKodCHPC0cF3u7P1+eWQ8f/x52vHNZB:oUzeyQMS4DqodCnoe+iitjWwwl

Score

10^/10

pony discovery rat spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

pony

C2

http://don.service-master.eu/gate.php

Attributes

payload_url
http://don.service-master.eu/shit.exe

Signatures

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

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\pony_or_dbat.exe	pony_or_dbat.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\pony_or_dbat.exe	pony_or_dbat.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2160	explorer.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2724	pony_or_dbat.exe
2724	pony_or_dbat.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2572 set thread context of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Parameters.ini	pony_or_dbat.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\windows\system\explorer.exe	pony_or_dbat.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Parameters.ini	explorer.exe

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	pony_or_dbat.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	pony_or_dbat.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2724	pony_or_dbat.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2724	pony_or_dbat.exe
2724	pony_or_dbat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 3012	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	31
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 3012	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	31
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 3012	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	31
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 3012	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	31
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2572 wrote to memory of 2724	2572	pony_or_dbat.exe	33
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2160	2724	pony_or_dbat.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2160	2724	pony_or_dbat.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2160	2724	pony_or_dbat.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2160	2724	pony_or_dbat.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pony_or_dbat.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pony_or_dbat.exe"
1⤵
- Drops startup file
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2572
- C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
  C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  2⤵
  PID:3012
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pony_or_dbat.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pony_or_dbat.exe"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2724
- - \??\c:\windows\system\explorer.exe
    c:\windows\system\explorer.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2160

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\Parameters.ini

Filesize
74B

MD5
6687785d6a31cdf9a5f80acb3abc459b

SHA1
1ddda26cc18189770eaaa4a9e78cc4abe4fe39c9

SHA256
3b5ebe1c6d4d33c14e5f2ca735fc085759f47895ea90192999a22a035c7edc9b

SHA512
5fe9429d64ee6fe0d3698cabb39757729b48d525500afa5f073d69f14f791c8aa2bc7ce0467d48d66fc58d894983391022c59035fa67703fefd309ec4a5d9962

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\Windows\system\explorer.exe

Filesize
2.2MB

MD5
430167865ce3523e800b64ee6de34fa3

SHA1
17b3c279575677b89180eb580b4d40eced037ac1

SHA256
7c2fe565d3d3e276484de13b41e5bafbae12b0ea470d170e7d1cc681cbd8640c

SHA512
84d3876219c2817f1f37b75e88c0fa039914bfbb94a58ca2ecc49c42e926ea8b5919c930760fee47594db9de51a108d8a5542dd7570b3893de5d1e262dd4cb4b

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memory/2160-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/2160-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/2572-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/2572-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/2572-0-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2572-17-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2724-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2724-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2724-21-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2724-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2724-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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