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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5f9017462fd23d247b4008c86b944b3aaa604c860436d75ba6b08c69b2fb3a55
SHA3-384 hash: f00deba00457daf5f4f71df9d8215b8055fb49dc887c2d50bd2b21025f172fb171bb68e9938141265d30159cba538ac2
SHA1 hash: cbdc9b85b975ea3d06751239c93e9066538296a6
MD5 hash: b49948cf0d265631ed43dd79f92c8abb
humanhash: lion-lake-sad-stream
File name:remcos_agent.exe
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:86'016 bytes
First seen:2026-05-24 03:37:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f79bdf7005a27b505da0a17f8329bd86 (19 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 1536:KpNEsaeiQl8TIqytzRJl+uiNuI7FFCPBsZcOzq1T35T/dLeILtVo8V:KpNEaiQl2qouiNdFFCiZcOz+TJ/peAt
Threatray 216 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T12883F707FE07C1F3E81202B24B553762AFBDEC231619A927C745C581EEB884AD4B567B
TrID 40.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
21.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
8.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
8.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
6.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon d4a22b2e0792f0f0 (26 x RemcosRAT, 1 x NetWire)
Reporter Anonymous
Tags:exe RAT remcos RemcosRAT remote-access trojan


Avatar
Anonymous
Remcos RAT - Remote Access Trojan C&C sinkholed - dead sample...

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
317
Origin country :
VN VN
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Remcos
Details
Remcos
a version number and verbose configuration settings
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
remcos_agent.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-05-24 03:33:31 UTC
Tags:
remcos rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
downloader dropper rescoms remcos
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Creating a window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cmd config-extracted evasive fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc rat rat reconnaissance remcos
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-05-24T00:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-26T01:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Backdoor.Win32.Remcos.sb Backdoor.Win32.Remcos.f HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Remcos.gen
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Remcos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-24 03:38:43 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost discovery rat
Behaviour
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
bong88.com.ng:443
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5f9017462fd23d247b4008c86b944b3aaa604c860436d75ba6b08c69b2fb3a55
MD5 hash:
b49948cf0d265631ed43dd79f92c8abb
SHA1 hash:
cbdc9b85b975ea3d06751239c93e9066538296a6
Detections:
win_remcos_auto
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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:malware_Remcos_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Remcos in memory
Rule name:Remcos
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Remcos in memory
Rule name:Remcos
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Remcos Payload
Rule name:remcos_rat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:REMCOS_RAT_variants
Rule name:SUSP_VBS_Wscript_Shell
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:Detects the definition of 'Wscript.Shell' which is often used by Malware, FPs are possible and commmon
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_Generic_Threat_994f2330
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_remcos_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.remcos.

File information


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

  
Dropped by
Remcos RAT
  
Delivery method
Multiple

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