SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.pony (Back to overview)

Pony

aka: Siplog, Fareit

Actor(s): Cobalt

VTCollection     URLhaus        

According to KnowBe4, Pony Stealer is a password stealer that can decrypt or unlock passwords for over 110 different applications including VPN, FTP, email, instant messaging, web browsers and much more. Pony Stealer is very dangerous and once it infects a PC it will turn the device into a botnet, allowing it to use the PCs it infects to infect other PCs.

References
2024-05-14 ⋅ Check Point Research ⋅ Antonis Terefos, Tera0017
Foxit PDF “Flawed Design” Exploitation
Rafel RAT Agent Tesla AsyncRAT DCRat DONOT Nanocore RAT NjRAT Pony Remcos Venom RAT XWorm
2021-09-01 ⋅ YouTube (Black Hat) ⋅ Christian Doerr, Tsuyoshi Taniguchi
How Did the Adversaries Abusing the Bitcoin Blockchain Evade Our Takeover?
Cerber Pony
2021-05-06 ⋅ Black Hat ⋅ Christian Doerr, Tsuyoshi Taniguchi
How Did the Adversaries Abusing Bitcoin Blockchain Evade Our Takeover
Cerber Pony
2021-05-04 ⋅ YouTube (0xca7) ⋅ 0xca7
Malware - Anti-Analysis
Pony
2021-04-12 ⋅ PTSecurity ⋅ PTSecurity
PaaS, or how hackers evade antivirus software
Amadey Bunitu Cerber Dridex ISFB KPOT Stealer Mailto Nemty Phobos Pony Predator The Thief QakBot Raccoon RTM SmokeLoader Zloader
2021-01-28 ⋅ Youtube (Virus Bulletin) ⋅ Benoît Ancel
The Bagsu banker case
Azorult DreamBot Emotet Pony TrickBot ZeusAction
2021-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
Threat Profile: GOLD EVERGREEN
CryptoLocker Pony Zeus GOLD EVERGREEN
2021-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
Threat Profile: GOLD GALLEON
Agent Tesla HawkEye Keylogger Pony GOLD GALLEON
2020-07-30 ⋅ Spamhaus ⋅ Spamhaus Malware Labs
Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update Q2 2020
AdWind Agent Tesla Arkei Stealer AsyncRAT Ave Maria Azorult DanaBot Emotet IcedID ISFB KPOT Stealer Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Nanocore RAT NetWire RC NjRAT Pony Raccoon RedLine Stealer Remcos Zloader
2020-07-29 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ welivesecurity
THREAT REPORT Q2 2020
DEFENSOR ID HiddenAd Bundlore Pirrit Agent.BTZ Cerber ClipBanker CROSSWALK Cryptowall CTB Locker DanaBot Dharma Formbook Gandcrab Grandoreiro Houdini ISFB LockBit Locky Mailto Maze Microcin Nemty NjRAT Phobos PlugX Pony REvil Socelars STOP Tinba TrickBot WannaCryptor
2020-05-21 ⋅ Intel 471 ⋅ Intel 471
A brief history of TA505
AndroMut Bart Dridex FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Gandcrab Get2 GlobeImposter Jaff Kegotip Locky Necurs Philadephia Ransom Pony QuantLoader Rockloader SDBbot ServHelper Shifu Snatch TrickBot
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
GOLD GALLEON
Agent Tesla HawkEye Keylogger Pony Predator The Thief
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
GOLD ESSEX
Cutwail Pony Pushdo NARWHAL SPIDER
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
GOLD EVERGREEN
CryptoLocker Pony Zeus
2019-08-10 ⋅ Check Point ⋅ Omer Gull
SELECT code_execution FROM * USING SQLite;
Azorult Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Pony
2019-07-30 ⋅ int 0xcc blog ⋅ Raashid Bhat
Practical Threat Hunting and Incidence Response : A Case of A Pony Malware Infection
Pony
2018-04-18 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
GOLD GALLEON: How a Nigerian Cyber Crew Plunders the Shipping Industry
Agent Tesla HawkEye Keylogger Pony GOLD GALLEON
2017-06-01 ⋅ McAfee ⋅ McAfee
McAfee Labs Threats Report
Pony
2016-08-01 ⋅ Uperesia ⋅ Felix Weyne
Analysis of a packed Pony downloader
Pony
2015-09-09 ⋅ KnowBe4 ⋅ KnowBe4
Pony Stealer Malware
Pony
2015-02-25 ⋅ Github (nyx0) ⋅ nyx0
Pony Sourcecode
Pony
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_pony_auto (20260917 | Detects win.pony.)
rule win_pony_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.pony."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pony"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 55 8bec 837d0c00 7416 ff7510 ff750c ff7508 }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   837d0c00             | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp + 0xc], 0
            //   7416                 | je                  0x18
            //   ff7510               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]

        $sequence_1 = { c745f400000000 8d45f8 50 ff7508 6a00 ff15???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 800
            //   c745f400000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], 0
            //   8d45f8               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 8]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_2 = { 6a01 ff7508 e8???????? ff750c ff7508 e8???????? 8b5510 }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   6a01                 | push                1
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b5510               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]

        $sequence_3 = { 83c4fc 6a00 6a45 ff7508 }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   83c4fc               | add                 esp, -4
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a45                 | push                0x45
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]

        $sequence_4 = { 8f45d8 c745d000000000 8d45cc 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   8f45d8               | pop                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x28]
            //   c745d000000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], 0
            //   8d45cc               | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x34]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_5 = { 85c0 785e 0fb645ff 50 0fb645fe 50 0fb645fd }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   785e                 | js                  0x60
            //   0fb645ff             | movzx               eax, byte ptr [ebp - 1]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   0fb645fe             | movzx               eax, byte ptr [ebp - 2]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   0fb645fd             | movzx               eax, byte ptr [ebp - 3]

        $sequence_6 = { ff750c ff75fc 50 ff7508 }
            // n = 4, score = 800
            //   ff750c               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 0xc]
            //   ff75fc               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff7508               | push                dword ptr [ebp + 8]

        $sequence_7 = { 8bec 83c4e4 53 833d????????00 7412 }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   83c4e4               | add                 esp, -0x1c
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   833d????????00       |                     
            //   7412                 | je                  0x14

        $sequence_8 = { 0bfb 33f9 8d8407c3595b65 034630 c1c006 03c3 }
            // n = 6, score = 800
            //   0bfb                 | or                  edi, ebx
            //   33f9                 | xor                 edi, ecx
            //   8d8407c3595b65       | lea                 eax, [edi + eax + 0x655b59c3]
            //   034630               | add                 eax, dword ptr [esi + 0x30]
            //   c1c006               | rol                 eax, 6
            //   03c3                 | add                 eax, ebx

        $sequence_9 = { 0f853a020000 c745f800000000 c745f4ff070000 6a00 6a00 6a00 }
            // n = 6, score = 800
            //   0f853a020000         | jne                 0x240
            //   c745f800000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0
            //   c745f4ff070000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0xc], 0x7ff
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 262144
}
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