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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 24 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 00a21e0dc95950492c26e4c3edcc2f537895e76af5961a08a05ba0b4694d9ea8
SHA3-384 hash: 9695a6b31c37ffb47bbcf11b6ec47a484f890bb75554ce342a6d7391e861de008bbcda2fe549f2f1d474b679ac29127d
SHA1 hash: 3c7e379e43ad8ecd7485bef7102cd804c615488e
MD5 hash: af36c15603d5e7432c251280a3df04da
humanhash: east-kentucky-bakerloo-yellow
File name:Invoice_796550.js
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:5'119'825 bytes
First seen:2026-08-27 14:19:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:llr0SmTH8ZAvpxHPKQRDQFvJDSIaGZaIUD3vRahwdM1Zy1glHe:c
TLSH T15E36C7A36A9F3A069D6D7753915EACA94FB2D1550FC3ACD0B0DF0980100BC8B69C5DBB
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js RAT RemcosRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
169
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-08-27T06:03:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-29T00:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA)
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper
Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious values (likely registry only malware)
Detected Remcos RAT
Found evasive API chain checking for user administrative privileges
Found malware configuration
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
JavaScript file contains suspicious strings
JavaScript source code contains functionality to generate code involving a shell, file or stream
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging
Sigma detected: Remcos
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1964818 Sample: Invoice_796550.js Startdate: 27/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 Found malware configuration 2->61 63 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->63 65 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->65 67 11 other signatures 2->67 9 wscript.exe 2 4 2->9         started        12 powershell.exe 11 2->12         started        14 powershell.exe 11 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 91 Suspicious powershell command line found 9->91 93 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->93 95 Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious values (likely registry only malware) 9->95 97 3 other signatures 9->97 19 powershell.exe 8 9->19         started        22 conhost.exe 12->22         started        24 aspnet_compiler.exe 12->24         started        26 aspnet_compiler.exe 12->26         started        32 3 other processes 12->32 28 conhost.exe 1 14->28         started        57 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->57 30 conhost.exe 16->30         started        signatures5 process6 signatures7 69 Writes to foreign memory regions 19->69 71 Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading 19->71 73 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 19->73 34 aspnet_compiler.exe 4 11 19->34         started        39 aspnet_compiler.exe 19->39         started        41 conhost.exe 19->41         started        43 4 other processes 19->43 75 Installs a global keyboard hook 28->75 process8 dnsIp9 59 207.180.29.85, 2404, 49712, 49714 HVC-AS-HIVELOCITYIncUS United States 34->59 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\cookies.sqlite-shm, data 34->49 dropped 51 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Login Data.tmp, SQLite 34->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Login Data.tmp, SQLite 34->53 dropped 55 2 other malicious files 34->55 dropped 77 Detected Remcos RAT 34->77 79 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 34->79 81 Installs a global keyboard hook 34->81 45 msedge.exe 6 34->45         started        83 Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA) 39->83 85 Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption 39->85 87 Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper 39->87 89 4 other signatures 39->89 file10 signatures11 process12 process13 47 msedge.exe 45->47         started       
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-JS.Backdoor.Remcos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-27 12:28:57 UTC
File Type:
Text (JavaScript)
AV detection:
12 of 37 (32.43%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost collection credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation rat stealer trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Browser Information Discovery
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Loads dropped DLL
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Uses browser remote debugging
Family: Remcos
UAC bypass
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
207.180.29.85:2404
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_CMSTPCOM
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003)
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Remcos
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Remcos Payload
Rule name:REMCOS_RAT_variants
Rule name:Remcos_unpacked_PulseIntel
Author:PulseIntel
Description:Remcos Payload
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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: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.
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Remcos_921ef449
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Remcos_b296e965
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/exploring-the-ref2731-intrusion-set
Rule name:win_remcos_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.remcos.
Rule name:win_remcos_rat_unpacked
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in remcos rat Samples.
Rule name:win_remcos_w0
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in remcos rat Samples.
Rule name:yarahub_win_remcos_rat_unpacked_aug_2023
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research

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