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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 32 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8e4772e7850006e760dc57a6382b0c6d14e97bca18f684cc7ed28c613ba5f054
SHA3-384 hash: 56243aff072e6ac6169a5ae6d87e1e44aecf4c7164b9a038a1b8e7a091dcbf1d0627ea0bba42017f2432ceb4e1b0193f
SHA1 hash: d939c7c03ea581ad1f4da4aeef4b52e1712488fc
MD5 hash: e211f7e993c03d6cb35862b57559efc2
humanhash: east-enemy-vegan-lithium
File name:mlsecured_stub.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'535'095 bytes
First seen:2026-10-06 07:24:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:JlEeKOz+SV5wqiazykZwNYuxuBh+g3wld5DamOyoJK0tgUVe49gSU8:DLziG2YBfAhKKIgez
TLSH T16565233C6599AACF090172F77127B85172DD53864DCA122B336C86F03BA95F42EB3E61
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:FormBook ps1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
97
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
virus shell
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
aes aspnet_compiler base64 crypto encrypted evasive lolbin obfuscated obfuscated reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
First seen:
2026-10-05T00:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-08T05:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
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)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1982809 Sample: mlsecured_stub.ps1 Startdate: 06/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 29 www.idkrishnacreations.in.cdn.hstgr.net 2->29 31 w021dd24.kasserver.com 2->31 33 9 other IPs or domains 2->33 57 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->57 59 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->59 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->61 63 5 other signatures 2->63 8 powershell.exe 20 2->8         started        11 59Mr8bMQW.exe 2->11 injected 13 SpuOw7VZiq.exe 2->13 injected signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 65 Writes to foreign memory regions 8->65 67 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->67 16 aspnet_compiler.exe 8->16         started        19 aspnet_compiler.exe 8->19         started        21 conhost.exe 8->21         started        25 32 other processes 8->25 23 cmdkey.exe 13 11->23         started        35 w021dd24.kasserver.com 85.13.164.6, 49726, 49727, 49728 NMM-ASD-02742FriedersdorfHauptstrasse68DE Germany 13->35 37 www.idkrishnacreations.in.cdn.hstgr.net 88.222.222.205, 49724, 80 AS-HOSTINGERCY Lithuania 13->37 39 4 other IPs or domains 13->39 signatures6 process7 signatures8 41 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 16->41 43 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 16->43 45 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 16->45 47 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 19->47 49 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 19->49 51 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 23->51 53 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->53 55 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 23->55 27 firefox.exe 23->27         started        process9
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
PowerShell T1059.001
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-05 12:54:41 UTC
AV detection:
3 of 38 (7.89%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware collection defense_evasion discovery execution privilege_escalation rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
ConfuserEx .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Enumerates connected drives
Badlisted process makes network request
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
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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:AgentTesla_Loader_PowerShell_AES
Author:Aldair Maihuiri
Description:PowerShell AES-256-CBC loader that decrypts an embedded payload and executes it in memory via Invoke-Expression
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:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
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_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:WIN_Malware_SalatStealer_ForgeAuto_542e717b
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects SalatStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Sliver_ForgeAuto_2ddb463c
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Sliver (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_5001c94c
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_ce8c5b46
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_ValleyRAT_ForgeAuto_401c5e16
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects ValleyRAT (pe, etat binaire)

File information


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

Web download

Formbook

PowerShell (PS) ps1 8e4772e7850006e760dc57a6382b0c6d14e97bca18f684cc7ed28c613ba5f054

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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