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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: dcb462511b28de7cf8704850134b43309a002e3fac25648760cfeb69ec9b3f12
SHA3-384 hash: fc31019d2cf63751b4703dcb7f8c8336a7d31f38cf2edb885685d0650c74e00ea627ab78d096b7a9e535e78ba2013080
SHA1 hash: db9279333e73df167307f2b79e09d8546b64eb4e
MD5 hash: 089ec6a8b0fe11010fe1407fba926fe3
humanhash: skylark-robin-triple-lemon
File name:MODE.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'709'585 bytes
First seen:2026-02-05 08:30:12 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-05 08:33:52 UTC
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:34VMHr4dW1ssKa6Ike2+M097D4/SheBJxfruWJp+fwiak8s2dXBz7VLT9xZ+I1ku:7Hr1mZTONDofZiHnq/VvZqev
TLSH T10F851210CA12DD940A5C821914661E8396814EB31C0877397F9F4E8E2F2FA9FD5B97FE
Magika powershell
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:45-153-34-90 FormBook ps1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
40
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
ransomware vmdetect
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 powershell
Result
Gathering data
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware discovery execution rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Badlisted process makes network request
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
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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: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: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: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: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:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

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 dcb462511b28de7cf8704850134b43309a002e3fac25648760cfeb69ec9b3f12

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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