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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4761fbdfdb609ba22e96717a3e03d056c316b4ecf68db8d6ff238bcd002b7d65
SHA3-384 hash: f57e548834104c8f51901a9aa19ad424d5bb9d30ed272cfa334b202d1b2c35df701c9a426bcb771311f2dea0e7275dfc
SHA1 hash: ee4cbd0efb7b6de22fb5fb3dfa0ba0f541b30098
MD5 hash: 84d788111ac1094e29b9fe57f6efa423
humanhash: magnesium-arizona-neptune-oven
File name:4761fbdfdb609ba22e96717a3e03d056c316b4ecf68db8d6ff238bcd002b7d65.bin
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'501'694 bytes
First seen:2026-10-16 07:16:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:/dyb44KI5Tl5LpDbWPIS/zhWHH7z+ZrCg+OPeU3g+jUB/4zKoJnwz+OIVba0aMoI:/d835lgkHHfIemK4nyHtg
TLSH T1A5652368A64E52DC8C11D2F87719FC5575CD139B098A033353ECCEA037B98F9866B8A7
Magika powershell
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:FormBook ps1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
83
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
vmdetect
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
First seen:
2026-10-14T06:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-18T01:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
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
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)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1987919 Sample: SBENf1pzew.ps1 Startdate: 16/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 31 www.whphli.com 2->31 33 retrogallery.ru 2->33 35 12 other IPs or domains 2->35 61 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->61 63 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->63 65 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->65 67 6 other signatures 2->67 8 powershell.exe 20 2->8         started        11 owg0EpbKpWNw6.exe 2->11 injected 13 U58x17ktnekJ.exe 2->13 injected 16 svchost.exe 1 1 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 69 Writes to foreign memory regions 8->69 71 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->71 18 aspnet_compiler.exe 8->18         started        21 aspnet_compiler.exe 8->21         started        23 svchost.exe 8->23         started        27 25 other processes 8->27 25 ROUTE.EXE 13 11->25         started        37 parenting-attuned.com 185.119.89.82, 49729, 49730, 49731 UNITEDRS Serbia 13->37 39 cityofharare.com 169.239.219.58, 49716, 49717, 49719 DIAMATRIXZA South Africa 13->39 43 8 other IPs or domains 13->43 41 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->41 signatures6 process7 signatures8 45 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->45 47 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 18->47 49 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 18->49 51 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 21->51 53 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 21->53 55 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 25->55 57 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 25->57 59 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 25->59 29 firefox.exe 25->29         started        process9
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
PowerShell T1059.001
Threat name:
Script-PowerShell.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-15 23:34:00 UTC
File Type:
Text (PowerShell)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware collection defense_evasion discovery execution privilege_escalation rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Badlisted process makes network request
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
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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:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Web download

Formbook

PowerShell (PS) ps1 4761fbdfdb609ba22e96717a3e03d056c316b4ecf68db8d6ff238bcd002b7d65

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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