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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2ede87a5df6d40472428fd2aa27dbb9dd2b3a635892d0baa2054a688039ac082
SHA3-384 hash: d6b997d371533298bcf6aae0db61d3dea1987d0d60ea72985d9182e309b2746b71e2e4f51ee3e5ca423be120e64df171
SHA1 hash: d361686ec3dc0567a35af669a80772a0f0492dd6
MD5 hash: 58e3878925c1d5d18f838d98f9ed8e42
humanhash: island-carpet-winter-maine
File name:sostener2.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:5'978'754 bytes
First seen:2025-10-02 06:13:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 192:QQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAQAR:YVEgFjE5VwgPxnQmmmmmmmmmmmmm6
TLSH T14C56C1D716524D0AF7CF800EF0E7812BD6F909B4B76E85B3834BE0086E0D55B59B1A9B
TrID 66.6% (.TXT) Text - UTF-16 (LE) encoded (2000/1)
33.3% (.MP3) MP3 audio (1000/1)
Magika autohotkey
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:RAT RemcosRAT vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 obfuscated powershell
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
unknown
First seen:
2025-10-01T10:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-02T20:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Obfuscation Via Reversed Commands
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1787915 Sample: sostener2.vbs Startdate: 02/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 28 pastebin.com 2->28 30 dpaste.org 2->30 38 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->40 42 Yara detected Powershell download and execute 2->42 46 9 other signatures 2->46 9 wscript.exe 1 2->9         started        12 svchost.exe 1 1 2->12         started        signatures3 44 Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C) 28->44 process4 dnsIp5 48 Suspicious powershell command line found 9->48 50 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->50 52 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 9->52 54 Suspicious execution chain found 9->54 15 powershell.exe 7 9->15         started        36 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 12->36 signatures6 process7 signatures8 56 Suspicious powershell command line found 15->56 58 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 15->58 60 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 15->60 62 Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading 15->62 18 powershell.exe 14 18 15->18         started        22 conhost.exe 15->22         started        process9 dnsIp10 32 pastebin.com 104.20.29.150, 443, 49681, 49683 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 18->32 34 dpaste.org 104.20.36.119, 443, 49682, 49684 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 18->34 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nAvER.ps1, Unicode 18->26 dropped 24 powershell.exe 12 18->24         started        file11 process12
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-WScript.Trojan.Honolulu
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-01 05:48:55 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
11 of 38 (28.95%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Checks computer location settings
Badlisted process makes network request
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://pastebin.com/raw/jgKWLc0S
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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:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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: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: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_
Author:Michelle Khalil
Description:This rule detects unpacked remcos malware samples.
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: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

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

RemcosRAT

Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs 2ede87a5df6d40472428fd2aa27dbb9dd2b3a635892d0baa2054a688039ac082

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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