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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8e13758a85fedcb0d0251395c4106c8e9cdf5503cfe47468e39767320c0acdec
SHA3-384 hash: 5e435e766f5383485e3a2bd1b1d8b9c17b4d6dbb39b5696860342d1fecc4b57db3e979951728ab477cd44b50d750bf50
SHA1 hash: 9f0822baf2c083f368a49a51e85aa6be073a0f9c
MD5 hash: 4dfaccd2299bc2114ef2a12dcea50835
humanhash: lake-finch-carpet-apart
File name:Quotation.cmd
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:1'184'696 bytes
First seen:2025-08-14 05:56:18 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-05 12:34:04 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'663 x AgentTesla, 19'478 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:N7CpsAAlx2TobHPWUk8rDwVdDr+S8lYFPlbWvy9exGsKGCIf7:N7CpsAAlrbvWUk8rDKdDr0lYbqK9qrKo
Threatray 184 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1F545336F57806643F716DE71DCF20264BABD8CD287B4DB8A3C8A41B1D8767420B152AF
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:exe RemcosRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
80
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
Quotation.cmd.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-14 05:59:23 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup rat remcos susp-powershell netreactor

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
phishing autorun
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Threat name:
Remcos, PureLog Stealer, ResolverRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Command shell drops VBS files
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper
Delayed program exit found
Detected Remcos RAT
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Remcos
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected PureLog Stealer
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected ResolverRAT
Yara Genericmalware
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1756539 Sample: Quotation.cmd.exe Startdate: 14/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 45 msasteelalloys.cc 2->45 47 geoplugin.net 2->47 51 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->51 53 Found malware configuration 2->53 55 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->55 57 16 other signatures 2->57 8 Quotation.cmd.exe 6 2->8         started        12 wscript.exe 1 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 35 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\TwoDigitYearMax.exe, PE32 8->35 dropped 37 C:\...\TwoDigitYearMax.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->37 dropped 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\TwoDigitYearMax.vbs, ASCII 8->39 dropped 73 Command shell drops VBS files 8->73 75 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 8->75 77 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 8->77 81 3 other signatures 8->81 17 InstallUtil.exe 2 16 8->17         started        22 powershell.exe 23 8->22         started        79 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 12->79 24 TwoDigitYearMax.exe 2 12->24         started        49 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->49 file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 41 msasteelalloys.cc 198.135.49.80, 2489, 49684 CISCOSYSTEMSUS United States 17->41 43 geoplugin.net 178.237.33.50, 49685, 80 ATOM86-ASATOM86NL Netherlands 17->43 33 C:\ProgramData\remcos\logs.dat, data 17->33 dropped 59 Detected Remcos RAT 17->59 61 Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper 17->61 63 Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook 17->63 71 2 other signatures 17->71 65 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 22->65 26 WmiPrvSE.exe 22->26         started        28 conhost.exe 22->28         started        67 Antivirus detection for dropped file 24->67 69 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 24->69 30 InstallUtil.exe 24->30         started        file10 signatures11 process12 signatures13 83 Detected Remcos RAT 30->83
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Kepavll
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-14 00:21:58 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
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
Drops startup file
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8e13758a85fedcb0d0251395c4106c8e9cdf5503cfe47468e39767320c0acdec
MD5 hash:
4dfaccd2299bc2114ef2a12dcea50835
SHA1 hash:
9f0822baf2c083f368a49a51e85aa6be073a0f9c
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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:HUNTING_SUSP_TLS_SECTION
Author:chaosphere
Description:Detect PE files with .tls section that can be used for anti-debugging
Reference:Practical Malware Analysis - Chapter 16
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:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_imphash
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:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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: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


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

Malspam

RemcosRAT

Executable exe 8e13758a85fedcb0d0251395c4106c8e9cdf5503cfe47468e39767320c0acdec

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high

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