{
  "family": "fareit",
  "sample_count": 10955,
  "category": "infostealer",
  "description": "Fareit (closely associated with Pony) is credential-stealing spyware. Per Malwarebytes' description of Spyware.Pony, it may run in the background and silently collect information about the system, connected users, and network activity. It harvests stored credentials from browsers, email, and FTP clients and can act as a downloader for additional malware; the leak of the Pony Loader source code led to its use by many threat actors.",
  "cta": "Published by the SystemHelpdesk team.",
  "aliases": [
    "Fareit",
    "Pony"
  ],
  "enrichment_level": "curated_sourced",
  "faq": [
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What is Fareit?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Credential-stealing spyware, closely related to Pony, that silently collects system, user, and network information and harvests stored passwords."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What does Fareit/Pony steal?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Stored credentials from browsers, email, and FTP clients, among other data."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Can Fareit do more than steal data?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Yes; it also has downloader capabilities to fetch additional malware."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Why is Fareit/Pony so widespread?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "The Pony Loader source code leaked online, leading many different threat actors to adopt and modify it."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How can I protect credentials from Fareit?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Use a password manager and multi-factor authentication, avoid suspicious attachments and downloads, and keep security software updated."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Where can I read an authoritative source on Fareit/Pony?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Malwarebytes maintains a Spyware.Pony detection page, linked on this page."
      }
    }
  ],
  "faq_count": 6,
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1555.003",
    "T1539",
    "T1552.001",
    "T1041",
    "T1105"
  ],
  "cisa_advisory": null,
  "last_updated": "2026-06-09",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Malwarebytes: Spyware.Pony",
      "url": "https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/detections/spyware-pony"
    }
  ],
  "target_industries": [
    "Financial Services",
    "Retail",
    "Consumers"
  ],
  "motivation": "Opportunistic",
  "threat_actors": [
    "Unknown / Cybercriminal"
  ],
  "target_geographies": [
    "Global"
  ]
}