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Rewterz Threat Alert – Pony Loader Malware Targets Users in China

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

A new Pony Loader campaign that targets potential visitors of the Canton Fair based in Guangzhou, China. The initial infection sources from the following email:

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This email contains a compressed .ZIP archive named “ORDER LIST PROPOSAL-REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.zip” that, when decompressed, contains “ORDER LIST PROPOSAL-REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.exe”. This executable is the Pony Loader malware, a common password stealing Trojan that started in 2011 and still continues to operate today.

Impact

Credential theft

Indicators of Compromise

URLs

  • acousticallysound[.]com[.]au
  • http[:]//acousticallysound[.]com[.]au/include/shit[.]exe
  • http[:]//acousticallysound[.]com[.]au/include/gate[.]ph

Filename

  • ORDER LIST PROPOSAL-REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.exe

Malware Hash (MD5/SHA1/SH256)

  • 0963948E091CB139A49EF88B9E61AFD7
  • f2efcdb60c57c42c1e4e23e39d17eaa1

Remediation

  • Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
  • Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders.
  • Never click on the link/attachments sent by unknown senders.