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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 40 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 822361507fc3b7ac3ea86cc6bf116d6c7b6d3ce844e09afcfc638dda2cdec596
SHA3-384 hash: d5c9c2b6a9fbb36d43e579a1d96a3adb5d07c0c41522f10edcb718478b9f18c1ac7b1520e259ba9e2bd835803d258633
SHA1 hash: 77e2f17283078ba6b88764b1fb3b04dacccc4c9f
MD5 hash: e187bbb0601c6367c3628d70f4fa4b71
humanhash: earth-moon-ack-jersey
File name:Statement SEP23.zip
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:772'487 bytes
First seen:2025-09-23 09:44:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: zip
MIME type:application/zip
ssdeep 12288:zWFHAjF5Dbyc2R4EgzEw4knBzBdZVzmFVo1Q+qLMxQ60T7Gso5H/vYCs1eblYchH:zoYF1cBYEZknBz1p6VyQ+fQ6g7a5XYCD
TLSH T1DEF43369DBB9B0D7217C5DA4A548BAD210E5F33186464EEF7234D733A6032418BBF8C6
Magika zip
Reporter cocaman
Tags:FormBook zip


Avatar
cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "POSTADMIN<autopay@cytanet.com.cy>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from elegant-murdock.194-156-103-22.plesk.page (unknown [194.156.103.22]) "
Date: "22 Sep 2025 17:57:04 -0700"
Subject: "ADDITIONAL STATEMENT RQ"
Attachment: "Statement SEP23.zip"

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
103
Origin country :
CH CH
File Archive Information

This file archive contains 1 file(s), sorted by their relevance:

File name:Statement SEP23.exe
File size:1'225'728 bytes
SHA256 hash: 7bdfffe8dc720208f49a5e88ef7a2ef043c9af8a0995193b0cfe0b02dd5ab667
MD5 hash: 7445756b8370fadee19d30550c302666
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
Signature Formbook
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
PE File
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug autoit cmd compiled-script evasive fingerprint keylogger lolbin masquerade microsoft_visual_cc packed schtasks
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
zip
First seen:
2025-09-22T22:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-22T22:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Suspect Zip Archive
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-23 09:44:12 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
29
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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
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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_AllMal_Detector
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
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:Formbook
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Formbook Payload
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
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:Windows_Generic_Threat_aeaeb5cf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook
Author:@malgamy12
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook_1112e116
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/formbook-adopts-cab-less-approach
Rule name:win_formbook_g0
Author:Slavo Greminger, SWITCH-CERT
Rule name:win_formbook_w0
Author:@malgamy12

File information


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Malspam

Formbook

zip 822361507fc3b7ac3ea86cc6bf116d6c7b6d3ce844e09afcfc638dda2cdec596

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
  
Dropping
Formbook

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