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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs 1 YARA 38 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9180484968eb47d73853596ec91f4e1d495c0dc7ed1800baa38ce88528b42b5d
SHA3-384 hash: 1933b03f3539072e3e7f7b7a2dfb498990e4ee5f599f90f21a6090418bbaadce95d4e2bf677f3f33b82659674e00d24c
SHA1 hash: c0956b165ca794f4044aa0803152e9a2e9d3e2eb
MD5 hash: 3765da8b030dce60722ec60388440962
humanhash: alaska-tango-mockingbird-oscar
File name:Purchase Inquiry _.js
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:3'246'779 bytes
First seen:2026-03-10 10:04:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:2Tz7dmi3ctf4PYl9IT67RyQrL3R0itkrxB9sAtc0hCpCoxyyXftLOQXcPYDqN3WQ:2FcKWg67Ry6uKMT5QHPNidp8tZa
TLSH T1BDE5C08C27EF36952D6D4C09D66C5B3FF60146379229F4C684B7BE3A2752BC88213D86
Magika javascript
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:js RemcosRAT

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
216.250.249.222:80 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1762209/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
155
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
virus shell sage
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 masquerade obfuscated repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
Detections:
Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb Backdoor.Win32.Remcos.e PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s VHO:Trojan-PSW.Win32.ReaderDB.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.qcik Backdoor.Win32.Remcos.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.sb Backdoor.Remcos.TCP.C&C Trojan-Spy.Win32.Xegumumune.sbc Trojan.PowerShell.Cobalt.sb not-a-virus:HEUR:PSWTool.Win32.PassView.a not-a-virus:HEUR:PSWTool.Win32.PassView.c not-a-virus:HEUR:PSWTool.Win32.PassView.b
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.rans.phis.troj.spyw.expl
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Antivirus detection for dropped file
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 register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionality to steal Chrome passwords or cookies
Contains functionality to steal Firefox passwords or cookies
Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper
Detected Remcos RAT
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
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging
Sigma detected: Remcos
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 harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1881113 Sample: Purchase Inquiry _.js Startdate: 10/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 72 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->72 74 Found malware configuration 2->74 76 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->76 78 13 other signatures 2->78 9 wscript.exe 3 2->9         started        process3 file4 58 C:\Temp\ps_5cdi8na6bpUA_1773138060753.ps1, ASCII 9->58 dropped 96 Suspicious powershell command line found 9->96 98 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->98 100 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 9->100 102 3 other signatures 9->102 13 powershell.exe 16 9->13         started        16 taskkill.exe 9->16         started        signatures5 process6 signatures7 104 Writes to foreign memory regions 13->104 106 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 13->106 18 aspnet_compiler.exe 9 12 13->18         started        23 aspnet_compiler.exe 13->23         started        25 conhost.exe 13->25         started        29 4 other processes 13->29 27 conhost.exe 16->27         started        process8 dnsIp9 60 216.250.249.222, 49825, 49826, 49827 AS-TIERP-19019US United States 18->60 62 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 18->62 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TH5B1F.tmp, MS-DOS 18->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TH5AEF.tmp, MS-DOS 18->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TH5ABF.tmp, MS-DOS 18->54 dropped 56 C:\ProgramData\remcos\logs.dat, data 18->56 dropped 80 Detected Remcos RAT 18->80 82 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 18->82 84 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->84 92 2 other signatures 18->92 31 userinit.exe 2 18->31         started        34 userinit.exe 1 18->34         started        36 msedge.exe 11 406 18->36         started        39 userinit.exe 18->39         started        86 Contains functionality to bypass UAC (CMSTPLUA) 23->86 88 Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption 23->88 90 Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper 23->90 94 7 other signatures 23->94 file10 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 108 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 31->108 110 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->110 112 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 31->112 114 Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords 34->114 116 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 34->116 64 192.168.11.30, 443, 49816, 49817 unknown unknown 36->64 41 msedge.exe 43 36->41         started        44 msedge.exe 36->44         started        46 msedge.exe 36->46         started        48 2 other processes 36->48 signatures14 process15 dnsIp16 66 150.171.27.11, 443, 49855 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 41->66 68 ax-0002.ax-msedge.net 150.171.28.11, 443, 49830, 49837 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 41->68 70 16 other IPs or domains 41->70
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-JS.Backdoor.Remcos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-10 10:05:30 UTC
File Type:
Text (JavaScript)
AV detection:
12 of 37 (32.43%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost collection credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution rat stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Kills process with taskkill
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Uses browser remote debugging
Detected Nirsoft tools
Remcos
Remcos family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
216.250.249.222:80
216.250.249.222:443
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
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:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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_EXE_Packed_MPress
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
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:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Remcos
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Remcos Payload
Rule name:REMCOS_RAT_variants
Rule name:Remcos_unpacked_PulseIntel
Author:PulseIntel
Description:Remcos Payload
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TeslaCryptPackedMalware
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Remcos_921ef449
Author:Elastic Security
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:WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726
Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.
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

Java Script (JS) js 9180484968eb47d73853596ec91f4e1d495c0dc7ed1800baa38ce88528b42b5d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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