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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8406e19b242c41f5556732b329901830c70d46840daa2f499b19aea02bc42f58
SHA3-384 hash: 4c312f867635b7b1145779f831a7be204838bc930406d0a484c45c39c3af899284e0794dee7385fa0ed474482d2db3b4
SHA1 hash: 73cf80e53a072e9a2aadf20883c5a4e98f92ecb6
MD5 hash: 4ef033bc6262a87752a2c4fa9af179d2
humanhash: fillet-carpet-sixteen-berlin
File name:PO978600.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'159'168 bytes
First seen:2026-03-02 16:40:09 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-02 17:21:15 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
ssdeep 24576:86Ku1TJ4c59sm5DmyuacJ0KRfg/ZIC2H6Ras2nY/ySvnQI5aO:86Z1l4ms4mAqRfg/ZILaRGYjPBU
TLSH T11935F12067A6DC06C629423209A5F5788775CE86F015D25ABFED3DDB7B6BF110E82343
TrID 44.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
14.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
13.8% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
13.7% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
13.6% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 60c8601040b2b200 (6 x Formbook, 2 x PhantomStealer, 1 x VIPKeylogger)
Reporter BlinkzSec
Tags:exe FormBook katz-adv-br

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
526
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
PO978600.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-03-02 16:42:46 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
virus shell msil
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.sb HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Injuke.gen PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Gathering data
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-02 16:31:48 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
41
AV detection:
14 of 23 (60.87%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8406e19b242c41f5556732b329901830c70d46840daa2f499b19aea02bc42f58
MD5 hash:
4ef033bc6262a87752a2c4fa9af179d2
SHA1 hash:
73cf80e53a072e9a2aadf20883c5a4e98f92ecb6
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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: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:NET
Author:malware-lu
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:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

File information


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

Web download

Formbook

Executable exe 8406e19b242c41f5556732b329901830c70d46840daa2f499b19aea02bc42f58

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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