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Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1671e2668783d7c256806afc89fe60355c915cc163d7e8a31272636bd16cc34c
SHA3-384 hash: 7d60e9d36587838c47cc36f10f0142495ed03589c6b3560234fc0137ba47ab3a3ccf7f75a317ccb5e2f5e5d97afc181e
SHA1 hash: ba3362f21dd6d52012f68ed0b452fea8295e9d4c
MD5 hash: a096be0ab40066b7c7c633035c4098fe
humanhash: west-illinois-pip-harry
File name:PHOTOS 08-21.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'219'072 bytes
First seen:2025-08-25 08:39:14 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-05 13:12:08 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (300 x Formbook, 52 x AgentTesla, 35 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:O5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXdaeXkQKithk:OPVt/LZeJbInQRaeXkE
Threatray 586 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1F145BE0273D1C062FFAB91734B5AF6115ABC79260123A61F13981DBAFE701B1563E7A3
TrID 40.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
19.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
17.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
7.7% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
7.6% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter cocaman
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
PHOTOS 08-21.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-08-25 08:40:00 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
nymeria autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
autoit microsoft_visual_cc nymeria obfuscated packed packed packer_detected threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-08-22T01:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-22T01:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Found API chain indicative of sandbox detection
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1764347 Sample: PHOTOS 08-21.exe Startdate: 25/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 26 www.joyesi.xyz 2->26 28 www.shenzhoucui.com 2->28 30 16 other IPs or domains 2->30 46 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->46 48 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 54 4 other signatures 2->54 10 PHOTOS 08-21.exe 4 2->10         started        signatures3 52 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 26->52 process4 signatures5 56 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 10->56 58 Writes to foreign memory regions 10->58 60 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 10->60 13 svchost.exe 10->13         started        process6 signatures7 62 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 13->62 16 T2wiY2CSVl22aQsES3b.exe 13->16 injected process8 process9 18 netbtugc.exe 13 16->18         started        signatures10 38 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 18->38 40 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 18->40 42 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 18->42 44 3 other signatures 18->44 21 MopoBD4mzbWzoY9b.exe 18->21 injected 24 firefox.exe 18->24         started        process11 dnsIp12 32 exp.gs-cdn.com 172.65.190.172, 49692, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 21->32 34 www.elettrosistemista.zip 15.197.172.60, 49710, 49711, 49712 TANDEMUS United States 21->34 36 4 other IPs or domains 21->36
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-22 03:43:10 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
1671e2668783d7c256806afc89fe60355c915cc163d7e8a31272636bd16cc34c
MD5 hash:
a096be0ab40066b7c7c633035c4098fe
SHA1 hash:
ba3362f21dd6d52012f68ed0b452fea8295e9d4c
SH256 hash:
95d4e6d867da09d9fb2302ef94d540644204068b149018da9258cc36397ffbd2
MD5 hash:
136616fdb1e67935a6142086452e8eef
SHA1 hash:
c14840db3410d29d1a16822b917dacf1860b98eb
SH256 hash:
b44d6f57aeb656f27afc88f54c97c618d4daa697ee27c10e1887dcb5dd83eea0
MD5 hash:
c3735d448f0d4d3db6fe20d7ad033c84
SHA1 hash:
2edfaa0ec53b3c5459a40bd9d772b25bc6ce4e49
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:AutoIT_Compiled
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies compiled AutoIT script (as EXE). This rule by itself does NOT necessarily mean the detected file is malicious.
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 1671e2668783d7c256806afc89fe60355c915cc163d7e8a31272636bd16cc34c

(this sample)

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