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Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aad25d1908ba6198f953db6d55b60b185e25268ae4e6e2c1951c4c16397146d6
SHA3-384 hash: e7cafd81d3d3defb4ae801f6cced24157f4baaea38979a1fd3770db388e1d152be3a9405ae1932511adfcaa881523627
SHA1 hash: bdc5029e889029ebd05af3cb601a1608253862d1
MD5 hash: ebe0671b46d8fa0ba89a7018ead6a726
humanhash: lemon-vermont-winner-asparagus
File name:aad25d1908ba6198f953db6d55b60b185e25268ae4e6e2c1951c4c16397146d6
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'115'136 bytes
First seen:2026-05-08 13:19:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 279daa640d9140f9842860a738abd363 (27 x Formbook, 2 x CastleLoader, 1 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:YqDEvCTbMWu7rQYlBQcBiT6rprG8aPOBhr/z5G66y:YTvC/MTQYxsWR7aPOBhr/z5G6
TLSH T1F835BF027391C062FFAB92334F5AF6515BBC69260123E61F13981DB9BE701B1563E7A3
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 (2'674 x Formbook, 1'203 x CredentialFlusher, 921 x AgentTesla)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
143
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
aad25d1908ba6198f953db6d55b60b185e25268ae4e6e2c1951c4c16397146d6.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-05-08 13:24:50 UTC
Tags:
autoit formbook xloader

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 cmd.exe command interpreter
Sending a custom TCP request
Setting browser functions hooks
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Unauthorized injection to a browser process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug autoit barys compiled-script fingerprint keylogger microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-04-16T16:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-09T10:09:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.brac Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb Backdoor.Win32.Blakken.sb Trojan-Spy.Noon.HTTP.ServerRequest Trojan.Win64.Injexa.sb Trojan.Win32.SpeedBit.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.sb
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-18 03:14:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:o24a discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
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
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
aad25d1908ba6198f953db6d55b60b185e25268ae4e6e2c1951c4c16397146d6
MD5 hash:
ebe0671b46d8fa0ba89a7018ead6a726
SHA1 hash:
bdc5029e889029ebd05af3cb601a1608253862d1
SH256 hash:
09e8d54f7d01a4bbf7c03ef286cc70a8c6f601f6b8dbb37d7a3b3f33308b21b1
MD5 hash:
f58b0a4110c1cca40b90a256be127072
SHA1 hash:
c2f4e006955e270509fb49f2cc9b8ab16ecd6f91
Detections:
win_formbook_w0 win_formbook_auto win_formbook_g0 FormBook
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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: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_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: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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