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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4c8b29d0734ffb31f6811c8510aab950ae26ab49cff12bf8199933df10daa09d
SHA3-384 hash: 28ffa47543e9cfb8f67704080577d16fd5f66185a2b59a8b7aecce7e681ca2dd4177c897c583e0058d1698ef63bfe2f1
SHA1 hash: 4789d7e27873af76f5b8e23e35088c2202af196b
MD5 hash: 889b35545a9ffb3d9b5410e0b72dcbf0
humanhash: six-rugby-may-nine
File name:4c8b29d0734ffb31f6811c8510aab950ae26ab49cff12bf8199933df10daa09d
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'012'736 bytes
First seen:2026-08-10 14:31:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'190 x AgentTesla, 20'337 x Formbook, 12'364 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:2j/Og31Iw3GpiEsjgnIefOf0NeCsQf0hC7EG8O4fw49oL:8Pl3EEvew0jH7iPm
TLSH T10B2512A47BE5DF15D9A50BF90874C03043706EAEA066E306CDD5EEDBB42FB6254682C3
TrID 73.9% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
46
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Launching a service
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
entropy packed vbnet
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-19T04:01:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-06T04:29:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.PureLogsStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-19 07:19:43 UTC
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery execution persistence rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Executes dropped EXE
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4c8b29d0734ffb31f6811c8510aab950ae26ab49cff12bf8199933df10daa09d
MD5 hash:
889b35545a9ffb3d9b5410e0b72dcbf0
SHA1 hash:
4789d7e27873af76f5b8e23e35088c2202af196b
SH256 hash:
01ff3e706f0f3928207b5e020eebb9ed38428dfbbf0f8c46aeec328b73519160
MD5 hash:
bbb0d2ca9a21d5a1f6c9059e108ea3ee
SHA1 hash:
5accd45f4a70a26b6ce07e04cc3820e99187a818
SH256 hash:
7d35afa6ed3de62a50f61c00d8eeb9acbf290e12027c4e554640c0cafa5210c4
MD5 hash:
c4c334b16543b8d3c5a63b9b8bfce18f
SHA1 hash:
ecfb4a4cf5b08cfd8ce08a91e92b5fb3e312f864
SH256 hash:
04a6774ed1320e637d2d0da7e75ae766d8036d1b5a9c4ab89f0d4cf9ad17965f
MD5 hash:
2a4b82eb164d84f5373c2e397db4f934
SHA1 hash:
6cfd1773a29670dd4b71ce9961570a4ea1636ce7
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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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
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:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

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