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Formbook


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5c0bdefeb2e965c9cb1aa42e28b84b31e11693b4438c47e97be98fb1b496d940
SHA3-384 hash: 205356d98816c8c4ee3b8551f566c899166d1279ac8ab4dd746c2ea6fa3728332b71c4bc9e72633eb95863c672580c42
SHA1 hash: 08866796251b922775699ba9a72d1e5257ea64dc
MD5 hash: dba24cba0127fc2f6d4d03852cc731a1
humanhash: magnesium-pluto-pluto-blossom
File name:PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:991'232 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 05:57:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'751 x AgentTesla, 19'656 x Formbook, 12'248 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:zFOBQkVDKBOFugCTF5OS2+8b6yUo6Y894GMirGwrB:sBQHoKbOS2tGyUVY8pPrh
TLSH T15125125867D9CA02D4E70BF509A2E23113F4BD9EE411C24A8FE9ACDF3870F4199647A7
TrID 67.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
9.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
135
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-01-21 06:00:30 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
dropper virus msil
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
asyncrat bankbot explorer formbook krypt lolbin packed phishing regedit remcos runonce
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-21T00:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-22T21:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Remcos.gen Backdoor.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.sb Trojan.MSIL.Inject.sb Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.sb Trojan-Spy.Noon.HTTP.ServerRequest
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
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)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854547 Sample: PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 33 www.030060669.xyz 2->33 35 www.visbodytech.com 2->35 37 21 other IPs or domains 2->37 45 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->45 47 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->47 49 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->49 53 5 other signatures 2->53 11 PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe 3 2->11         started        signatures3 51 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 33->51 process4 file5 31 C:\Users\user\...\PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe.log, ASCII 11->31 dropped 14 PO 0130356-501 PDF.exe 11->14         started        process6 signatures7 63 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 14->63 17 gzAgT9bsQE.exe 14->17 injected process8 process9 19 RMActivate_ssp_isv.exe 13 17->19         started        signatures10 55 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 19->55 57 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->57 59 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 19->59 61 4 other signatures 19->61 22 7TVtPs3J.exe 19->22 injected 25 chrome.exe 19->25         started        27 firefox.exe 19->27         started        process11 dnsIp12 39 www.taivo.life 104.207.66.126, 49738, 49739, 49740 WINNE-IPV4-1US United States 22->39 41 spexiuminfotech.in 162.214.80.18, 49758, 49759, 49760 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 22->41 43 12 other IPs or domains 22->43 29 WerFault.exe 4 25->29         started        process13
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
10 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.42 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Spyware.AsyncRAT
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 04:09:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
23 of 38 (60.53%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5c0bdefeb2e965c9cb1aa42e28b84b31e11693b4438c47e97be98fb1b496d940
MD5 hash:
dba24cba0127fc2f6d4d03852cc731a1
SHA1 hash:
08866796251b922775699ba9a72d1e5257ea64dc
SH256 hash:
88065777c01820c18775b3a10b46d66631f18ed914d4a707db306eedaab0ddaf
MD5 hash:
a0a8c88c586d61855f740bbeb0b70453
SHA1 hash:
052556ebe11f35e977e529d8188bb4b3942a5f77
SH256 hash:
a7e7a3116a040dbdd36f581298c9e8862dbe7caf2e3ba7322f280e0168559baf
MD5 hash:
a19318912291fd408c41e0b7a8a8bf59
SHA1 hash:
4e19991eb5bc8204e98616345f7992205b56a6ad
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24
SH256 hash:
288e0537d9af6f154bad3c9187dfa532d0c8e56e037af4c515f02a51a1197992
MD5 hash:
3c08e08220f4dd5dadd610c1e57ec087
SHA1 hash:
f720e3614ba75e87e883008afc44fd98757987c5
Detections:
win_formbook_g0
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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:NET
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/

File information


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Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 5c0bdefeb2e965c9cb1aa42e28b84b31e11693b4438c47e97be98fb1b496d940

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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