pony | 3dc18a14696e3abaaadee89c32ff60a963be38e7491b4fef3e7ecd59b2cd05d7

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Size

76KB
MD5

8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844
SHA1

280156c357b97055ca30f0a01ed359ed0db0f3e4
SHA256

3dc18a14696e3abaaadee89c32ff60a963be38e7491b4fef3e7ecd59b2cd05d7
SHA512

033f19e9aecf23f15e8594c3ffa1595000cc5c43116f700c04c774ea4f9d1db880701514a3d8a89b2cca2824f1a177aa0202439bd6a2290a0fef265232f305d9
SSDEEP

1536:TrleJBx2zq+5hRpfvK7DKYM7zuM9GEKjgMqBit7HAko8Uck86LSUOLbJE/C6Qt:PlyDKB7qMcEKNqcn7ySUO3+6T

Score

10^/10

pony defense_evasion discovery rat spyware stealer upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

pony

C2

http://salstatic.info:2346/pony/mac.php

http://nextstats.info:2346/pony/mac.php

Signatures

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

Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\test	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.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

Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
2728	cmd.exe
2148	reg.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2712 set thread context of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/756-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/756-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	upx

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	756	jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 756	2712	JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2712
- \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe
  "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_8af4acbd725e34fc289d81674ae0e844.exe"
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Drivers directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:756
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c copy %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.sam /Y && at 20:03:00 cmd.exe /c copy %TEMP%\259450863FdOh %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y
    3⤵
    PID:2780
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exe
      at 20:03:00 cmd.exe /c copy C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259450863FdOh C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y
      4⤵
      PID:2932
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v 259450972 /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c copy %TEMP%\259450863FdOh %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y && attrib +H %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /f
    3⤵
    - Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
    PID:2728
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
      reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v 259450972 /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c copy C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259450863FdOh C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y && attrib +H C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /f
      4⤵
      Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
      PID:2148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

1

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

1

T1564.001

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/756-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-4-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/756-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/756-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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