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Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 258dd58c12f0ce1cc28ce91e82054cb2e7baaf8b759d9e99dabc24e0b45fe03d
SHA3-384 hash: 953530c7c8c70a8cb37349a864d903d61395945f2c52c5347a7e3990e1f4d384b474b966b0f59da015553e02717aaac5
SHA1 hash: acf848bc7dc0a476b1408d6759fd3f7b35b52c41
MD5 hash: a018ee2207229b9f826312c83beec7fa
humanhash: september-saturn-music-mountain
File name:PRE ALERT NOTICE.zip
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:692'644 bytes
First seen:2025-12-08 10:33:03 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-08 10:45:01 UTC
File type: zip
MIME type:application/zip
ssdeep 12288:/WkmDe8uJkh1LysfR8S9mJaUZqMgkU8379q7Y8s5C+ZvWsAtlFQtMu7g:/WytgLxfR79mQUZhgL8hqVs5CAvwtlFj
TLSH T179E43382CB8A9BF170E520E773DCD965BF34BF0362266E23546B61105A7E22CD5624F3
Magika zip
Reporter cocaman
Tags:FormBook zip


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cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "Dennis Hollmann <D.Hollmann@unicon-logistics.com>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from unicon-logistics.com (unknown [172.245.12.77]) "
Date: "28 Nov 2025 02:40:21 -0800"
Subject: "PRE ALERT: MBL: 249205312 // HBL: GLOBE71708"
Attachment: "PRE ALERT NOTICE.zip"

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
CH CH
File Archive Information

This file archive contains 1 file(s), sorted by their relevance:

File name:PRE ALERT NOTICE.exe
File size:718'336 bytes
SHA256 hash: 2aa5ce3561dc657a157460383c7c9b8db54ac8a6969627009c8d1062316a6130
MD5 hash: 8589cf7187567a34e487cc53ecfe2285
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
Signature Formbook
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
autorun autoit
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
PE File
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
autoit compiled-script microsoft_visual_cc packed packed packed upx
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
zip
First seen:
2025-11-28T08:11:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-30T04:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Suspect Zip Archive
Threat name:
Script-AutoIt.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-28 12:34:21 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
53
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery rat spyware stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
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YARA Signatures


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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__GlobalFlags
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:win_upx_packed
Author:Reedus0
Description:Rule for detecting UPX packed malware

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

Formbook

zip 258dd58c12f0ce1cc28ce91e82054cb2e7baaf8b759d9e99dabc24e0b45fe03d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
  
Dropping
Formbook

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