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Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 30 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
SHA3-384 hash: ee37816b8e1c0962fef9bb8be9aa7bc37264bef9138242cd1923ba67bebcfa852f3cccd2b44f11315fb89aa1eb014c51
SHA1 hash: c517be80bc72c211e3e696b16b2f3364319e8994
MD5 hash: 4cf79e655c7be81f8c58d261671fa917
humanhash: charlie-india-nitrogen-lion
File name:payment.exe
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Signature Formbook
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File size:1'171'456 bytes
First seen:2026-02-17 01:15:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (393 x Formbook, 119 x AgentTesla, 58 x a310Logger)
ssdeep 24576:q5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXdaO72MryHKbYM3:qPVt/LZeJbInQRaO7MHQY
TLSH T11A45BE0273C1C062FFAB91734B5AF6215BBC79260123A62F13981D79BE701B1563E7A3
TrID 29.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
22.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
168
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
AutoIt
Details
AutoIt
extracted scripts and files
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/fa465838-9c95-4ddb-a373-e806fa9ce00b/
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-02-17 01:16:32 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/5e7f68b2-a631-427a-8c8c-a9d7eca61b80

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/53467/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.Trojan.Agent.35E5V6.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6993c1302715406c647a4a08
Tags:
phishing autoit emotet
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
Detections:
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb Trojan.Win64.Injexa.sb Trojan.Win32.SpeedBit.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Win32.Blakken.sb Trojan.Win64.Injects.hvg Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb VHO:Trojan.Win64.Injects.hvg
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/7dabe353-912b-48d3-a34e-f6c702cb386c
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1870207
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
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)
Modifies the prolog of user mode functions (user mode inline hooks)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sample uses process hollowing technique
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1870207 Sample: payment.exe Startdate: 17/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 32 www.vytal.plus 2->32 34 www.thegloriosaspace.com 2->34 36 4 other IPs or domains 2->36 40 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->40 42 Found malware configuration 2->42 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 7 other signatures 2->46 11 payment.exe 2 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 56 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 11->56 58 Writes to foreign memory regions 11->58 60 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 11->60 62 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 11->62 14 svchost.exe 11->14         started        process6 signatures7 64 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 14->64 66 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 14->66 68 Sample uses process hollowing technique 14->68 70 4 other signatures 14->70 17 explorer.exe 31 1 14->17 injected process8 dnsIp9 28 vytal.plus 162.240.81.81, 49726, 49727, 80 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 17->28 30 thegloriosaspace.com 152.228.150.178, 49724, 80 ILIGHT-NETUS United States 17->30 38 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 17->38 21 mstsc.exe 12 17->21         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 48 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 21->48 50 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 21->50 52 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 21->52 54 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 21->54 24 cmd.exe 1 21->24         started        process13 process14 26 conhost.exe 24->26         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
7 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Suspect Win 32 Exe x86
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/4cf79e655c7be81f8c58d261671fa917
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.FORMBOOK
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Znyonm
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-17 01:15:28 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=pholnppyj7nomsdtw37cpsovfpzqzngxyvc3cmbvz7n6jlnregba._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 campaign:ou07 discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260217-bmgessct6c/
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
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:
0bc5bb69fa41a2e15e7bba11c3d5385b86a3bac96c00e0f20796732072d2fa4c
MD5 hash:
509b39d3820e63fd6bb095481a13da47
SHA1 hash:
1b201cdbd72948e77a4f3e2024642e648b9e8ae7
Detections:
Windows_Trojan_Formbook
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Formbook
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/da8cb880-c723-4e4a-9b31-1ea18e7d8f34/
Parent samples :
e0758597228ea6a49eeb52477945524d7d660bed6c5f9259ed4a73ebfbae704e
79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
SH256 hash:
79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182
MD5 hash:
4cf79e655c7be81f8c58d261671fa917
SHA1 hash:
c517be80bc72c211e3e696b16b2f3364319e8994
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/da8cb880-c723-4e4a-9b31-1ea18e7d8f34/
Malware family:
FormBook
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/79dcb6bdf84f/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:AutoIT_Compiled
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
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:DebuggerCheck__GlobalFlags
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaagas
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Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:Formbook
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Formbook in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Create hunting rule
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2025_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Windows malware mass-hunt rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook
Create hunting rule
Author:@malgamy12
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook_1112e116
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/formbook-adopts-cab-less-approach
Rule name:win_formbook_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.formbook.
Rule name:win_formbook_w0
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Author:@malgamy12

File information

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

Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 79dcb6bdf84fdae64873b6fe27c9d52bf30cb4d7c545b13035cfdbe4adb12182

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/53467/

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