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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d59ae2bb7c7b0e2197249fb8b45e75a764b0b3bb0a2798d92f7053122a98852d
SHA3-384 hash: de6ff1431d2d4358c4204c5c80b4c97fbdfe8e0a29ed40453b1e2a9f8eb8e57b40c0e059860a51da0e70da3ea492942d
SHA1 hash: cf080b7b59bb1b31b1093f0ed9c5795ac76214e8
MD5 hash: b8a377be5d0b06abb2326267510c98a9
humanhash: emma-paris-pizza-alpha
File name:d59ae2bb7c7b0e2197249fb8b45e75a764b0b3bb0a2798d92f7053122a98852d
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'060'352 bytes
First seen:2026-09-10 14:22:52 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-19 07:30:05 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'294 x AgentTesla, 20'712 x Formbook, 12'401 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:rmHo+YdubrJOgJl+1ysNyfEm1pOhWJh6PV1jSJsDPHtIoN1AV8:rmHwdsrcylOQD/Oh5nmJ4/3SV
TLSH T11B3512A563A1FB16D6BE5BB00932D63157B62D8EAD21D326CFEC8CEB35647009D04783
TrID 73.9% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 060e0e0e06969696 (46 x Formbook, 1 x AgentTesla)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
150
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
95.7%
Tags:
virus micro msil
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Blocking the Windows Defender launch
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-28T04:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-11T22:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.37 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-29 01:39:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
10
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery evasion rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
d59ae2bb7c7b0e2197249fb8b45e75a764b0b3bb0a2798d92f7053122a98852d
MD5 hash:
b8a377be5d0b06abb2326267510c98a9
SHA1 hash:
cf080b7b59bb1b31b1093f0ed9c5795ac76214e8
SH256 hash:
2b0a3e1c220e8a98eb358a391da117b853882e411df4c9bbf54acc7ae629061f
MD5 hash:
38181717c94e497221567b84b23a75d0
SHA1 hash:
48332b950e1ee5fb10c3ee5eb8705e01e603edda
Detections:
INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly
Parent samples :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 hash:
8ea0a4341cd6f850a1ed1b3ef76e9b8f9997eb4b04f75b7fcb3b87ad4b4cc788
MD5 hash:
c066628dac6c3ec3281711a6e4e76ddc
SHA1 hash:
d50a9abfe31369b29f093cb6f26357e858574008
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24
SH256 hash:
0aca3c39b8c20307b95837586d3c02a49b22613ca19469819af9716a066f6eb0
MD5 hash:
1f47e045ae948e114c740b5f31d40ca5
SHA1 hash:
eff74fa9390241d126ce837d3cf2a6fe21142e32
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
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:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

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