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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1996936ec6493bce2c45d3d9b8d19f4879814afc6ab3c561c8013cbb9dd9e2cf
SHA3-384 hash: aa52725f4d28819e6106dc1e9f4daa35e841aa598b7de5ba43fd7d160242199ba311a6c25d31a0c496f725ef0760378e
SHA1 hash: 5b8c4af2843c5559d345b1e9f2e47db6b7c37561
MD5 hash: 14bc26d2a35d68e89af0e27da11fb61f
humanhash: arizona-texas-diet-coffee
File name:task.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:960'920 bytes
First seen:2026-08-13 11:38:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 768:eAU87KPRzPmchxahA5W5MNXufXWZMJQyttlPaix4nvmPn+lDzqSEPkHDueujjm9o:1
TLSH T1951527F35DE6FC20645A3FD0811D98AA39BAB95841C3CB5609DD8CD814AF3A4D4BF8B1
Magika txt
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:RAT RemcosRAT vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
54
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-08-12T13:45:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-12T14:01:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
Remcos, DarkTortilla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
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 processes via WMI
Detected large data written to user environment variables, potentially indicating payload staging for fileless execution
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Obfuscated command line found
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Command Line Obfuscation
Sigma detected: Remcos
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
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 AntiVM3
Yara detected DarkTortilla Crypter
Yara detected MSIL Injector
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1957428 Sample: task.vbs Startdate: 13/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 30 www.consultarprocesosramajudicial.com.co 2->30 32 archivoscrosoft.com 2->32 34 pro.ip-api.com 2->34 54 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->54 56 Found malware configuration 2->56 58 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->58 60 13 other signatures 2->60 9 wscript.exe 1 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 62 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->62 64 Obfuscated command line found 9->64 66 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 9->66 68 4 other signatures 9->68 12 powershell.exe 14 15 9->12         started        process6 dnsIp7 40 archivoscrosoft.com 178.16.54.253, 49725, 80 OMEGATECH-ASSC Netherlands 12->40 72 Writes to foreign memory regions 12->72 74 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->74 16 CasPol.exe 12->16         started        19 CasPol.exe 5 12->19         started        21 conhost.exe 12->21         started        signatures8 process9 signatures10 42 Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA) 16->42 44 Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper 16->44 46 Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook 16->46 48 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 16->48 50 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 19->50 23 CasPol.exe 4 14 19->23         started        52 Installs a global keyboard hook 21->52 process11 dnsIp12 36 www.consultarprocesosramajudicial.com.co 2.24.193.4, 2466, 49729 AS-HOSTINGERCY United States 23->36 38 pro.ip-api.com 38.91.101.241, 443, 49733 AS-GLOBALTELEHOST-GTHostUS United States 23->38 28 C:\ProgramData\remco2\logs.dat, data 23->28 dropped 70 Installs a global keyboard hook 23->70 file13 signatures14
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
T1059.005 VBScript Wscript.Shell
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Yomal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-13 01:20:20 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBA)
AV detection:
6 of 24 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
discovery execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
.NET Reactor proctector
Badlisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
http://archivoscrosoft.com/MSI.png
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:detect_tiny_vbs
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects tiny VBS delivery technique

File information


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Web download

RemcosRAT

Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs 1996936ec6493bce2c45d3d9b8d19f4879814afc6ab3c561c8013cbb9dd9e2cf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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