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Database Entry



Pony


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4565b2e3c2bb9b2aefd8efeb96a80074ad15acee32e08ee7fab5e35bceba3157
SHA3-384 hash: 481df29181d3f1f4cfa35593ff9480c0a2f3ad93ef48f7fdfc0f354402d8d5f3521e78d338e353dfe1f88bbc770b526b
SHA1 hash: 1e21bd31e393cfbaa250e16f139d9d98766606e3
MD5 hash: db868362d0f5fac558669c7abca8bc86
humanhash: river-lima-failed-uncle
File name:250428-cv736ax1hx.bin
Download: download sample
Signature Pony
File size:132'096 bytes
First seen:2025-04-28 02:30:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 3f4e305f998e8f23e2a5e6bae9af5ca4 (1 x Pony)
ssdeep 3072:3LigwrNF8Wmz3M6ZU4jfFGYP2uImYzCo6YRFggFwN7:3L3wrT8pw5KYzBIg
TLSH T14DD3E01FEC1737D2FAED0AB149F32A97122544206B8028AF108F7590CED1AEEF52755E
TrID 27.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
20.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.5% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon c1d9d8dcb6b8cece (1 x Pony)
Reporter UNP4CK
Tags:Pony

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
121
Origin country :
GB GB
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
250428-cv736ax1hx.bin
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-04-28 02:32:40 UTC
Tags:
stealer trojan pony fareit

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
fareit cerber zbot lien
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Reading critical registry keys
DNS request
Stealing user critical data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
entropy fareit masquerade microsoft_visual_cc packed stealer zbot
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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 Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Pony
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2013-02-05 21:28:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
33 of 36 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:pony collection credential_access discovery rat spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
outlook_win_path
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Checks installed software on the system
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://archiv.social-neos.eu:8080/forum/viewtopic.php
http://cloud.social-neos.eu:8080/forum/viewtopic.php
http://eyon-neos.eu:8080/forum/viewtopic.php
http://quest.social-neos.eu:8080/forum/viewtopic.php
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Win.Trojan.Zbot-9956953-0
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4565b2e3c2bb9b2aefd8efeb96a80074ad15acee32e08ee7fab5e35bceba3157
MD5 hash:
db868362d0f5fac558669c7abca8bc86
SHA1 hash:
1e21bd31e393cfbaa250e16f139d9d98766606e3
SH256 hash:
3e8202eab601a5ffe3566b8eef8846b75969b1ae6ef0279d5ae8118793e54e6f
MD5 hash:
609abbc6f6d46e6f7f5b368580b9f158
SHA1 hash:
0622f2fbf8eaa285b4157ac9241430f203bcbe31
Detections:
win_pony_g0 win_pony_auto malware_windows_pony_stealer INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
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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:Fareit
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Fareit Payload
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pony
Author:Brian Wallace @botnet_hunter
Description:Identify Pony
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Pony_d5516fe8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_pony_auto
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.

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaGDI32.dll::StretchDIBits
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyA
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::FindWindowA
USER32.dll::PeekMessageA
USER32.dll::CreateWindowExA

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