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Formbook


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f2be9e06fff932ac45101a0b28b07379fad8b868697b2bd95af141a01afa5f16
SHA3-384 hash: 59005ef22bd1e5c2fbe59d3ed2cdee544c5a9751943bdaa65263beaade1ab0f0828048f41ab496380312902bff67b234
SHA1 hash: f86c35a13d9e871ed43533d679388a323c45da98
MD5 hash: 97637eb56d815189da89c4a3807baea8
humanhash: four-summer-batman-twenty
File name:PO_#86637.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'342'464 bytes
First seen:2026-05-21 14:52:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 279daa640d9140f9842860a738abd363 (40 x Formbook, 8 x AgentTesla, 2 x CastleLoader)
ssdeep 24576:EqDEvCTbMWu7rQYlBQcBiT6rprG8a113HDXS2StVkghRp2VI9:ETvC/MTQYxsWR7a1NDCJVhRp2V
Threatray 2'835 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T16B55C00273C1C062FF9B92734F5AE65157BC79260123A62F13A81D7ABE701B1563E7A3
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
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'697 x Formbook, 1'203 x CredentialFlusher, 928 x AgentTesla)
Reporter TomU
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
141
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
AutoIt
Details
AutoIt
extracted scripts and files
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2024-09-09T05:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-16T10:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Found API chain indicative of sandbox detection
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-09-09 09:51:53 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
27 of 36 (75.00%)
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
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f2be9e06fff932ac45101a0b28b07379fad8b868697b2bd95af141a01afa5f16
MD5 hash:
97637eb56d815189da89c4a3807baea8
SHA1 hash:
f86c35a13d9e871ed43533d679388a323c45da98
SH256 hash:
5e54ee037ffcb89f68711d221e8e0712697a77772500be4aa7e3ab619627c65c
MD5 hash:
f2003d56f6a580dcfa28cae9df8bcf38
SHA1 hash:
f4583f7d0ef26548734ee2c4bce7ad616becf58f
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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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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: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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Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe f2be9e06fff932ac45101a0b28b07379fad8b868697b2bd95af141a01afa5f16

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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