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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 72003989a5979b2652dd9a3e4ba6f0db4ffe1b99496a5c00d97dd360ec79cbf6
SHA3-384 hash: bb77fe275237a2440f97d1bcdb388ceb2dc4cb0fb5deef55960d52589d78c9e40267e8d1a6c492af80acf2260451fb74
SHA1 hash: a2cc7dbc80d99fa46ee9506305deccb02934cdba
MD5 hash: a077da5a799ad538faf621af1c3796bb
humanhash: fourteen-victor-four-salami
File name:72003989a5979b2652dd9a3e4ba6f0db4ffe1b99496a5c00d97dd360ec79cbf6
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'212'416 bytes
First seen:2026-02-05 15:29:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 279daa640d9140f9842860a738abd363 (23 x Formbook, 2 x CastleLoader, 1 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:IqDEvCTbMWu7rQYlBQcBiT6rprG8a3n5R6MZnFsGt4O6TnauUB:ITvC/MTQYxsWR7a35gMxlt4bQ
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TLSH T13345BF0273D1C062FF9B92334B5AF6515BBC69260123E61F13981DB9BE701B1563E7A3
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 :
90
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
72003989a5979b2652dd9a3e4ba6f0db4ffe1b99496a5c00d97dd360ec79cbf6
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-02-05 20:13:28 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
autoit emotet
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-22T00:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-02T14:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-23 14:17:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
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:
72003989a5979b2652dd9a3e4ba6f0db4ffe1b99496a5c00d97dd360ec79cbf6
MD5 hash:
a077da5a799ad538faf621af1c3796bb
SHA1 hash:
a2cc7dbc80d99fa46ee9506305deccb02934cdba
SH256 hash:
6230a6b2c4f053257bfb697f258f3a78b8a463953d399c0f32f0889051c9d4cc
MD5 hash:
0e16250dc6e78e8229f4eef4f5c7be58
SHA1 hash:
bf895785e421658dc4b862aeb621c9ce6c8eec70
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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: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: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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