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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 198daaa357fea1d108030cc062789b217dc982c71f761a3eaa6ae06545776fc4
SHA3-384 hash: 9d38109e0bec7c4c2473a9570ea7c252078b0ee43fd2775956f24094a15a2993b414ac212f52e32e144a76de5bdd8ae8
SHA1 hash: f189fe883546170e4f56b7e7ed2943ac36c14ebb
MD5 hash: a49235295f14d88c031cf032ca8d75bb
humanhash: fillet-island-romeo-tennis
File name:Update.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:4'447'939 bytes
First seen:2025-06-13 06:31:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:/kSEmSZwh5kS08SOLdfaeucy239U+T2Yrv1m9Sr8l:W
TLSH T18C26E0CF7D0D9A84889232FA68258592F2CC83E57301EBB2FD7CC55173958B8D96B391
Magika vba
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:RemcosRAT vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
obfuscate xtreme spawn
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
HEUR_TrojanDownloader_Script_Generic
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Malicious Base64 Encoded PowerShell Keywords in Command Lines
Sigma detected: Net WebClient Casing Anomalies
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded Reflective Assembly Load
Sigma detected: Script Initiated Connection to Non-Local Network
Sigma detected: Suspicious PowerShell Parameter Substring
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1713881 Sample: Update.vbs Startdate: 13/06/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 20 paste.ee 2->20 22 dn721404.ca.archive.org 2->22 24 2 other IPs or domains 2->24 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP 2->36 38 Yara detected Powershell download and execute 2->38 42 10 other signatures 2->42 8 wscript.exe 1 2->8         started        12 svchost.exe 1 1 2->12         started        signatures3 40 Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C) 20->40 process4 dnsIp5 26 paste.ee 23.186.113.60, 443, 49684, 49685 KLAYER-GLOBALNL Reserved 8->26 44 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 8->44 46 Suspicious powershell command line found 8->46 48 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 8->48 50 2 other signatures 8->50 14 powershell.exe 14 16 8->14         started        28 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 12->28 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 30 archive.org 207.241.224.2, 443, 49686 INTERNET-ARCHIVEUS United States 14->30 32 dn721404.ca.archive.org 204.62.246.237, 443, 49687 COGENT-174US United States 14->32 52 Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->52 54 Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->54 56 Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading 14->56 18 conhost.exe 14->18         started        signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-12 19:54:00 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
7 of 24 (29.17%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:tp123 discovery execution rat
Behaviour
Script User-Agent
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Blocklisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Remcos
Remcos family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
windows.driversact.store:2404
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:Warp
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information


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Web download

RemcosRAT

Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs 198daaa357fea1d108030cc062789b217dc982c71f761a3eaa6ae06545776fc4

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