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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 400ac8682d2eb81d4d1a75212ff4b3da9b9787971823f21b5d3a65ebff86120d
SHA3-384 hash: 8ae01e09562d5de909c80a291bbaabef0e86ba21412140c1c59e82f911bdf93a3b17912b5015e5b3f3c3c765524b3371
SHA1 hash: 273b5325f051cd415ea6eb0b55ef0c26604d555e
MD5 hash: 8a9197140eabcae457eece18a00e91fb
humanhash: four-pluto-solar-mobile
File name:400ac8682d2eb81d4d1a75212ff4b3da9b9787971823f21b5d3a65ebff86120d
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'267'712 bytes
First seen:2025-11-06 11:27:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (309 x Formbook, 53 x AgentTesla, 36 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:e5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXdaIQ7MiA03kFzS/0Ob4ha:ePVt/LZeJbInQRaIyMY30
Threatray 2'092 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17345CF0273D1C062FFAB96334F5AF6115BBC7A260123A62F13981979BD701B1563E7A3
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 adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
400ac8682d2eb81d4d1a75212ff4b3da9b9787971823f21b5d3a65ebff86120d
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-11-06 21:21:10 UTC
Tags:
autoit

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
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
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-27T08:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-06T18:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
7 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Suspect Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Swotter
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-27 11:58:28 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 discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
400ac8682d2eb81d4d1a75212ff4b3da9b9787971823f21b5d3a65ebff86120d
MD5 hash:
8a9197140eabcae457eece18a00e91fb
SHA1 hash:
273b5325f051cd415ea6eb0b55ef0c26604d555e
SH256 hash:
332c010d3fd0bf7e0fe5727a75787fdfe6d46c13b1f3499691d7d534eb9fd547
MD5 hash:
5ac4bc707f2edeadf7ae1f78105ecadf
SHA1 hash:
c98b1a1fa8f2cb344fabaf280b53ff2c8f88b3d7
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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_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: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:Formbook
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Formbook Payload
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:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
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_Generic_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Windows malware mass-hunt rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

File information


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