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Formbook


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c5f8cb06519c288fefdff692141cb3c757f47ea67721962ca02e73741aad9785
SHA3-384 hash: 472dd22e6acbe485d8bb10606593a7e5d6de150cddfb539f703da37439a4af32d8909b9a5132241d9c1b2f97075e581c
SHA1 hash: a319a2fdc47ad3817de70cf94c06c5d5d4e7c026
MD5 hash: 4ec3542563f5fabf41515832c1014761
humanhash: nevada-cola-nebraska-connecticut
File name:New Order .pdf.rar
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:712'268 bytes
First seen:2025-08-27 13:37:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: rar
MIME type:application/x-rar
ssdeep 12288:nY01MVVJwvnqvXoIlk32HF+y+8inGMcmLHdgDUoCOHq7JpX4+jUzTkwPkbSCCfgS:YWMV+qvXVl5+y+xntcjD3KJpzjzwPRCQ
TLSH T1D7E423AD6171DF082CCAA4692EFEF4F1A448859C90D4F08B1BBC024F4B61E591777BDA
TrID 61.5% (.RAR) RAR compressed archive (v5.0) (8000/1)
38.4% (.RAR) RAR compressed archive (gen) (5000/1)
Magika rar
Reporter cocaman
Tags:FormBook rar


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cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "Arda Akkaya <arda.akkaya@lemar.com.tr>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from lemar.com.tr (unknown [172.245.23.154]) "
Date: "18 Aug 2025 05:41:26 +0200"
Subject: "New Order draft"
Attachment: "New Order .pdf.rar"

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
53
Origin country :
CH CH
File Archive Information

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

File name:New Order .pdf.exe
File size:1'268'736 bytes
SHA256 hash: fd2ce532e9c7694be3ffe0ce3f0c9024929fd3dca7e9147bafb7b7ef1aeeded8
MD5 hash: 937af05ae072609f5e4f94ce8a373a97
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
Signature Formbook
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
underscore autoit emotet
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug autoit compiled-script evasive fingerprint keylogger masquerade microsoft_visual_cc packed phishing threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
rar
First seen:
2025-08-17T23:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-17T23:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-18 16:54:25 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
15
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
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
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: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:SUSP_RAR_with_PDF_Script_Obfuscation
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects RAR file with suspicious .pdf extension prefix to trick users
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_RAR_with_PDF_Script_Obfuscation_RID34A4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects RAR file with suspicious .pdf extension prefix to trick users
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:win_formbook_g0
Author:Slavo Greminger, SWITCH-CERT

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

rar c5f8cb06519c288fefdff692141cb3c757f47ea67721962ca02e73741aad9785

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
  
Dropping
Formbook

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