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Formbook


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04
SHA3-384 hash: c4cfd91a84aca353f34e5d609cc2e7a314c783e828d32e60a0a9da4e46a939b4750e5879b725789a216b38046f5140c8
SHA1 hash: 454bb4b2f0b5ed79cf8c3707f1b2c079ad0e9a4a
MD5 hash: ab6085a55e9eb89f26526f3372316cba
humanhash: stairway-diet-network-kentucky
File name:Spare Parts_NEAD-NICE IDEA.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
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File size:1'257'472 bytes
First seen:2025-09-16 10:37:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (309 x Formbook, 52 x AgentTesla, 36 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:p5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXdaeyk2xSOe/5btcUOYARE:pPVt/LZeJbInQRaeTYS1/5b3K
TLSH T1A645BF027381D062FFAB95334F5AF6115BBC6D260123A61F13983DB9BA701B1563E7A3
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 lowmal3
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
125
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Spare Parts_NEAD-NICE IDEA.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-09-16 10:38:26 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/74a7145b-557f-4f6e-bbdc-a0047c5cbdb5

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
Formbook
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/27717/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
91.7%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68c93e2ad49ea3f1e4b65ff6
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
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm anti-vm autoit compiled-script evasive explorer fingerprint fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc mpcmdrun packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68c93e37dbc6f5a29c4761c9/reports/ef85cefb-9afa-424a-80fb-25dae0954d04/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_90%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-09-16T05:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-16T05:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.sb Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb HEUR:Trojan.Script.AUO.gen
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/aba9a5b4-b18b-4fdf-b58c-569dccf6665b
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1778418
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Found API chain indicative of sandbox detection
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
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:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1778418 Sample: Spare Parts_NEAD-NICE IDEA.exe Startdate: 16/09/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 31 www.tradingliquid.xyz 2->31 33 www.metricair.xyz 2->33 35 16 other IPs or domains 2->35 43 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->43 45 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->45 47 Yara detected FormBook 2->47 51 4 other signatures 2->51 11 Spare Parts_NEAD-NICE IDEA.exe 4 2->11         started        signatures3 49 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 33->49 process4 signatures5 61 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 11->61 63 Writes to foreign memory regions 11->63 65 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 11->65 14 svchost.exe 11->14         started        process6 signatures7 67 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 14->67 17 rvCrbl25.exe 14->17 injected process8 process9 19 forfiles.exe 13 17->19         started        signatures10 53 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 19->53 55 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->55 57 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 19->57 59 3 other signatures 19->59 22 QVqLykVZAcElnv.exe 19->22 injected 25 chrome.exe 19->25         started        27 firefox.exe 19->27         started        process11 dnsIp12 37 www.dornic.top 203.161.41.106, 49715, 49716, 49717 VNPT-AS-VNVNPTCorpVN Malaysia 22->37 39 www.qsocm.mobi 154.213.60.110, 49694, 80 POWERLINE-AS-APPOWERLINEDATACENTERHK Seychelles 22->39 41 8 other IPs or domains 22->41 29 WerFault.exe 4 25->29         started        process13
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.FORMBOOK
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-16 08:43:08 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
20
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=kqa3qf5diqr62detkk4qs22zpqj3rik3sgfvxciuq4lqwsipxuca._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
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Similar samples:
error
Formbook
Result
Malware family:
formbook
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250916-mpn37sspz8/
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
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/8cba7f97-eb84-4b38-a567-2c77c90b50ba
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04
MD5 hash:
ab6085a55e9eb89f26526f3372316cba
SHA1 hash:
454bb4b2f0b5ed79cf8c3707f1b2c079ad0e9a4a
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/15a46723-641a-4b1e-9cda-f753eba41154/
SH256 hash:
f14222d06606748bcfa11a3d55e044cd01ae32e1988f4a648507fb5c592d3882
MD5 hash:
a7782a9af7752cb5b83d6ffbaa5948b9
SHA1 hash:
fa3ab66b32060964b2aee7639543d7074584c9c4
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/15a46723-641a-4b1e-9cda-f753eba41154/
SH256 hash:
788855ea3d57d8e28a3fc7d59f77bbd3e08b585885ae25d57c92daba59dde7e1
MD5 hash:
addde738eedefe440fd9044f6a96ae1c
SHA1 hash:
f9856d4f9f18bbdc20a4f5b27990e9c53b523abe
Detections:
win_formbook_g0
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/15a46723-641a-4b1e-9cda-f753eba41154/
Parent samples :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 family:
FormBook
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/5401b817a344/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Formbook
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:AutoIT_Compiled
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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
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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
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Formbook
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Author:kevoreilly
Description:Formbook Payload
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Create hunting rule
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Create hunting rule
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2025_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Windows malware mass-hunt rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

File information

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Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 5401b817a34423ed0c9352b9096b597c13b8a15b918b5b891487170b490fbd04

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/27717/

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