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RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8acac252db9cc404cff2e25a41ee946d8511b8723233df1be45423d4c2d1f3ec
SHA3-384 hash: def1e8f5642b9d5470a3271f324bda1dfb9dc7c467b556d60b1afcb81d471435bd169bc67f50b139008ee5f3c5ceb202
SHA1 hash: 2a04bed82d13f3c682977fefce1a603ce26bbfd3
MD5 hash: ba9ea982532b258adc2a4cf035f020ef
humanhash: grey-stairway-nine-football
File name:Invoice_023012023.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:809'497 bytes
First seen:2025-07-23 07:42:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 12288:5uG4QHMeDBJajnEWgDCCkQwOHsjsaepXHtyLnpKNul1Ump95vP1IFpu7A17ON94Q:u8lkopzXH+UHgU8N5vN+36
Threatray 4'120 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19E05E07EDAB5FCC9137A72DE249D7B05006C0BA3A6215FEEE5F084B6253068CDB79814
Magika vba
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:RAT RemcosRAT vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
64
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
spawn sage hype
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Creates processes via WMI
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: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded IEX Cmdlet
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 Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
Scripting.FileSystemObject VBScript
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan-Downloader.JS.Cryptoload
Threat name:
Script-WScript.Backdoor.Remcos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-23 07:43:19 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
9 of 36 (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
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Blocklisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
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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:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
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: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:iexplorer_remcos
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect iexplorer being taken over by Remcos
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_EventViewer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:detects Windows exceutables potentially bypassing UAC using eventvwr.exe
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:SUSP_PS1_JAB_Pattern_Jun22_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects suspicious UTF16 and Base64 encoded PowerShell code that starts with a $ sign and a single char variable
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(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


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