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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8fb12b79c494bf5d758db6ed5ca2e10059485042df80f8e8581dc4c0ff202d11
SHA3-384 hash: 6dbdd579908a0babd32379c14fd647170ba4dd80c692fc489a49774e9c242a09ebb248d58c180c4dcae96f9bd0201cd0
SHA1 hash: 1d2d5fc772c67f602431932cb3b9d181507748f4
MD5 hash: 1a7adcf1542e0bcb7f570f8f9fc64ca1
humanhash: thirteen-romeo-four-ohio
File name:Inquiry Taiwan Display.js
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:5'240'788 bytes
First seen:2026-09-17 15:04:08 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 3072:f5+C5wAYUYC6H3lH+YEE2eJPjNAM7U0eRDFREAGhJ7+brBEKI+fWN/p3VZgmU3w6:T
TLSH T1D4368F821D563A1C6D74170E07FA0211E4DE96E0B8F7E8A5C9DF824C1E5E5B894B3B3B
TrID 66.6% (.TXT) Text - UTF-16 (LE) encoded (2000/1)
33.3% (.MP3) MP3 audio (1000/1)
Magika txt
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js RemcosRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
146
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-09-17T00:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-17T12:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA)
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Contains functionality to steal Internet Explorer form passwords
Creates processes via WMI
Detected large data written to user environment variables, potentially indicating payload staging for fileless execution
Detected Remcos RAT
Drops script or batch files to the startup folder
Found evasive API chain checking for user administrative privileges
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging
Sigma detected: Potential PowerShell Command Line Obfuscation
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Remcos
Sigma detected: Suspicious Environment Variable Has Been Registered
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
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 MSIL Injector
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1974353 Sample: Inquiry Taiwan Display.js Startdate: 17/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 52 ficus.in 2->52 60 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->60 62 Found malware configuration 2->62 64 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->64 66 17 other signatures 2->66 9 powershell.exe 14 7 2->9         started        13 wscript.exe 6 3 2->13         started        16 wscript.exe 1 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 58 ficus.in 162.251.80.25, 443, 49719, 49726 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1-UnifiedLayerUS United States 9->58 82 Writes to foreign memory regions 9->82 84 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 9->84 86 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 9->86 18 appidtel.exe 5 10 9->18         started        23 conhost.exe 9->23         started        48 Inquiry Taiwan Dis....js:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 13->48 dropped 50 C:\Users\user\...\Inquiry Taiwan Display.js, Unicode 13->50 dropped 88 Suspicious powershell command line found 13->88 90 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 13->90 92 Drops script or batch files to the startup folder 13->92 94 4 other signatures 13->94 25 powershell.exe 16->25         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 54 46.151.182.237, 49722, 49724, 49725 GHOSTYNETWORKSUS Germany 18->54 56 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 18->56 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\cookies.sqlite-shm, data 18->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Login Data.tmp, SQLite 18->42 dropped 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Login Data.tmp, SQLite 18->44 dropped 46 2 other files (1 malicious) 18->46 dropped 68 Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA) 18->68 70 Detected Remcos RAT 18->70 72 Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption 18->72 80 10 other signatures 18->80 27 msedge.exe 7 18->27         started        29 chrome.exe 1 18->29         started        74 Writes to foreign memory regions 25->74 76 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 25->76 78 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 25->78 31 appidtel.exe 1 25->31         started        34 conhost.exe 25->34         started        file10 signatures11 process12 signatures13 36 msedge.exe 27->36         started        38 conhost.exe 29->38         started        96 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->96 process14
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-JS.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-17 05:08:19 UTC
File Type:
Text (JavaScript)
AV detection:
7 of 36 (19.44%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Process spawned unexpected child process
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File information


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