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Formbook


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 29 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a62a7f478eff9ecbdec36efd57a7fd6e9f1b0732db64965609b9836e13e1e796
SHA3-384 hash: ff006f404dc775f7484fd1c375faf09ae49c4bed6435db9d9392a5045ca6535f1e97e5123cf4f2288a647180984d1cd4
SHA1 hash: b28b48b5625db61edd08959eade55beba0595ca0
MD5 hash: 10f4986534c515f599cd1ecb069a104b
humanhash: mockingbird-victor-solar-thirteen
File name:a62a7f478eff9ecbdec36efd57a7fd6e9f1b0732db64965609b9836e13e1e796
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'244'672 bytes
First seen:2026-05-08 12:28:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (456 x Formbook, 155 x AgentTesla, 79 x a310Logger)
ssdeep 24576:l5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXdaZhTlS7HgmOkMqE:lPVt/LZeJbInQRaZdQ7ekM
Threatray 2'773 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19D45BF0273D1D062FF9B92734B56F6115ABD7A260123EA1F03981D7ABE701B1463E7A3
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
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'697 x Formbook, 1'203 x CredentialFlusher, 928 x AgentTesla)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
AutoIt
Details
AutoIt
extracted scripts and files
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-05-08 14:21:29 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a service
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug autoit compiled-script fingerprint formbook keylogger microsoft_visual_cc packed similar-threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-04-01T23:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-16T02:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-02 02:22:47 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  2/5
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
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a62a7f478eff9ecbdec36efd57a7fd6e9f1b0732db64965609b9836e13e1e796
MD5 hash:
10f4986534c515f599cd1ecb069a104b
SHA1 hash:
b28b48b5625db61edd08959eade55beba0595ca0
SH256 hash:
58a3c88b94e5362969012d6a8ef0fa14e37e0fae667fa062bb6f92fba00c540a
MD5 hash:
199fa8739117f3e8e651a361137d9bb3
SHA1 hash:
61cdc283454d2f422ffcc16c0a6f5626c93af8f2
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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:Formbook
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Formbook Payload
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: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_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

File information


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