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Database Entry



Pony


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 855e85de489ded4ca8e543cb8323c2d91e88c0e9d6ffe1c490f6133190c4d6c5
SHA3-384 hash: 8cae1643f64b4bd675203c5c17dba2502211e1d49f8824cdba4c88267c9275f0e197097c48ecf3a3b141044bbf75f557
SHA1 hash: 74886054f943a377b1b3df557e7bb3ebea5104d2
MD5 hash: b3fcf05b7908ab6034da4165da614391
humanhash: white-low-princess-alaska
File name:HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Pony
File size:354'304 bytes
First seen:2020-08-19 11:18:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'657 x AgentTesla, 19'468 x Formbook, 12'206 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:08ETgeLGuVJJooFguHQV31/GjGdaZ8seJVymglZG9duVeknMy6:tEUqGQWoFgr/JdaZ8fJVOx
Threatray 140 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH BF74011565CCABECE43D5BB84C2270A113F2A827C316DE6DADC470A8567AF524632F4F
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe HSBC Pony


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abuse_ch
Malspam distributing Pony:

HELO: mail.ptjlg.co.id
Sending IP: 103.253.68.52
From: HSBC BANK <jkkang@ptjlg.co.id>
Reply-To: HSBC BANK <tongsaetumg@gmail.com>
Subject: HSBC Beneficiary Payments Advice
Attachment: HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.gz (contains "HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe")

Pony C2:
http://logix.co.za/wp-admin/xox/panelnew/gate.php

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
619
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Deleting a recently created file
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Creating a file
Reading critical registry keys
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Running batch commands
Stealing user critical data
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Brute forcing passwords of local accounts
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Drops / launches Pony Loader self-deletion script - malware possibly based on Pony Loader leaked source code
Executable has a suspicious name (potential lure to open the executable)
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Double Extension
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AntiVM_3
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Pony
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 271337 Sample: HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe Startdate: 20/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 35 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->35 37 Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location 2->37 39 Yara detected AntiVM_3 2->39 41 14 other signatures 2->41 8 HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe 7 2->8         started        process3 file4 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\RoamingbehaviorgraphEVHdvf.exe, PE32 8->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\...behaviorgraphEVHdvf.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->29 dropped 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpA4F4.tmp, XML 8->31 dropped 33 C:\Users\...\HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe.log, ASCII 8->33 dropped 43 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->43 12 HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe 1 14 8->12         started        15 schtasks.exe 1 8->15         started        17 HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe 8->17         started        19 HSBC PAYMENT ADVICE.pdf.exe 8->19         started        signatures5 process6 signatures7 45 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 12->45 21 cmd.exe 1 12->21         started        23 conhost.exe 15->23         started        process8 process9 25 conhost.exe 21->25         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Taskun
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-19 01:45:14 UTC
AV detection:
22 of 28 (78.57%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
rat spyware stealer family:pony discovery
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks installed software on the system
Deletes itself
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Pony,Fareit
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File information


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Malspam

Pony

Executable exe 855e85de489ded4ca8e543cb8323c2d91e88c0e9d6ffe1c490f6133190c4d6c5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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