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Database Entry

Pony

Vendor detections: 18

Intelligence 18 IOCs 1 YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0
SHA3-384 hash:	3f1ba0bea2bddf740d0a8c7087b0910fdc7f7fa6ce244b3306db356538149fea17da7bb495878a2d9a244089c800b5c4
SHA1 hash:	ce2d0842e67615be0faa21c17fab4de570a22389
MD5 hash:	8e575f77b71423c36986e15b89f791de
humanhash:	fish-saturn-colorado-uranus
File name:	key.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	Pony Create hunting rule
File size:	105'984 bytes
First seen:	2025-11-23 15:27:55 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	085f942c74d09a78dcd2b95a4c1c7441 (13 x Pony)
ssdeep	1536:vt8UEN3YqiqTLEcW+L9gs2rS+TTYz52kqnjQXyAOrc6neTvXkzbklql/2fqh:Ch1H1W9+eNkdOrDnr0ql/2fqh
TLSH	T120A30903F881E0F1C1A2177237C16771E3FD9D79BC768D4AEF8D6845A9B2687AB12442
TrID	70.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ 4.x (134693/65) 16.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13) 3.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 2.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 2.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	aachum
Tags:	exe Fareit file-filecrate-ru Pony

iamaachum

https://keygenguru.ru/mzh/adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-2020.html => https://keygenbox.ru/d/97eda00a72273ppp7.html

Pony/Fareit C2: http://file.filecrate.ru/bussin/gate.php

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
http://file.filecrate.ru/bussin/gate.php	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1649326/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

azorult

ID:

File name:

Remedy_Action_Request_System_4_keygen_by_aaocg.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-09-24 23:00:42 UTC

Tags:

azorult loader trojan pony fareit miner stealer winring0-sys vuln-driver auto coinminer xmrig golang

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/50199965-4972-4178-98d1-51321479b5ad

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

Fareit

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/41144/

Gathering data

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Reading critical registry keys

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Running batch commands

Creating a process with a hidden window

Sending a custom TCP request

Stealing user critical data

Brute forcing passwords of local accounts

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm crypto explorer fareit fingerprint lolbin pony stealer

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/692328125d3feebe12d83114/reports/27b3263f-773a-40d3-a85b-fba62a7ea457/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Trojan.PWS.Tepfer

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0

Result

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2025-09-17T07:57:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2025-11-23T07:11:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0/results?tab=lookup

Result

Threat name:

Fareit, Pony

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1819559

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Drops / launches Pony Loader self-deletion script - malware possibly based on Pony Loader leaked source code

Found malware configuration

Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Pony trojan / infostealer detected

Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)

Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials

Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)

Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets

Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)

Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)

Yara detected aPLib compressed binary

Yara detected Fareit stealer

Yara detected Pony

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/8e575f77b71423c36986e15b89f791de

Detection:

pony

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.PONY

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0

Threat name:

Win32.Infostealer.Pony

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-09-28 18:03:00 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

35 of 36 (97.22%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=hkymldztanc7hwxgpjhwrjfrwtslrluxlkuc3ehzwajsadwu7cya._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

pony

Result

Malware family:

pony

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:pony collection credential_access discovery rat spyware stealer

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/251123-swfnasaj5w/

Behaviour

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

outlook_win_path

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

Checks installed software on the system

Checks computer location settings

Reads data files stored by FTP clients

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

Pony family

Pony,Fareit

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

http://file.filecrate.ru/bussin/gate.php

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

stealer pony Win.Trojan.PonyStealer-9831667-0

YARA:

malware_windows_pony_stealer Fareit Windows_Trojan_Pony_d5516fe8

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/d0b13e82-3483-4a82-b2c6-71f466322797

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0

MD5 hash:

8e575f77b71423c36986e15b89f791de

SHA1 hash:

ce2d0842e67615be0faa21c17fab4de570a22389

Detections:

win_pony_g0

win_pony_auto

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/4d0515a1-ac17-4663-b61d-8511e60d4e40/

Malware family:

Pony

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/3ab0c58f3303/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	Fareit Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Fareit Payload

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	pony Create hunting rule
Author:	Brian Wallace @botnet_hunter
Description:	Identify Pony

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_Pony_d5516fe8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_pony_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	Detects win.pony.

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Pony

exe 3ab0c58f330345f3dae67a4f68a4b1b4e4b8ae975aa82d90f9b013200ed4f8b0

(this sample)

Link

https://tria.ge/251123-stblkaaj3z/static1

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/41144/

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