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RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs 1 YARA 31 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207
SHA3-384 hash: 3024743cd16b311345e3e616d55b67e6ee4560f147361a7b4fc48bc03ab1ef714ea00f6f61b420e95ad2157b1f987eb5
SHA1 hash: 4b18ab8f6289ec2e3e3a8229261f5dbf896bfa93
MD5 hash: 8265f0ead86284f968fb51968ce66693
humanhash: lamp-fanta-venus-stairway
File name:FH0987656780009876.exe
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Signature RemcosRAT
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File size:832'000 bytes
First seen:2025-08-01 14:35:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ef471c0edf1877cd5a881a6a8bf647b9 (74 x Formbook, 33 x Loki, 29 x Loda)
ssdeep 24576:nq5TfcdHj4fmbZwh5w+w0TQcIQKpnP8t:nUTsamSh5/TLC
Threatray 2'678 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1650523909C98CC25EBA1333951B7CED064667D729DC01B2E1BC9E506B9F2B439C52B3D
TrID 33.9% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
33.3% (.EXE) Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (26569/9/4)
13.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'034 x Formbook, 1'183 x CredentialFlusher, 666 x AgentTesla)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe RAT RemcosRAT


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RemcosRAT C2:
198.12.126.169:8780

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

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

IOCThreatFox Reference
198.12.126.169:8780 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1551569/

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
FH0987656780009876.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-01 14:37:17 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup upx autoit
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/8eee8194-e300-4cf5-a6c6-ce9d8b13aab7

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/18318/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.W32.Trojan.VORE-2106.1542.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=688cd0b5af3050dc8d33290c
Tags:
autorun crypted spawn remo
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Connection attempt to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug autoit cmdkey compiled-script cscript findstr hacktool lolbin microsoft_visual_cc packed packed packed pcalua rasautou upx
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/688cd0bd73b8ef6f4af9d96b/reports/0f6a5864-efeb-461c-8e7a-d6bb402e2936/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_60%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207
Malware family:
REMCOS
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e46f4741-4e02-474a-905b-f2ad44eff3f0
Result
Threat name:
Remcos
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1748538
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
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
Delayed program exit found
Detected Remcos RAT
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Found malware configuration
Installs a global keyboard hook
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: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: Remcos
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
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 Remcos RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1748538 Sample: FH0987656780009876.exe Startdate: 01/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->39 41 Found malware configuration 2->41 43 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->43 45 7 other signatures 2->45 8 FH0987656780009876.exe 6 2->8         started        12 wscript.exe 1 2->12         started        process3 file4 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\dews.exe, PE32 8->33 dropped 55 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 8->55 57 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 8->57 14 dews.exe 3 8->14         started        59 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 12->59 18 dews.exe 2 12->18         started        signatures5 process6 file7 35 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\dews.vbs, data 14->35 dropped 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 14->61 63 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 14->63 65 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 14->65 67 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 14->67 20 svchost.exe 2 2 14->20         started        69 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 18->69 71 Writes to foreign memory regions 18->71 73 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->73 25 svchost.exe 18->25         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 37 198.12.126.169, 49719, 8780 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 20->37 31 C:\ProgramData\remcos\logs.dat, data 20->31 dropped 47 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 20->47 49 Detected Remcos RAT 20->49 51 Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper 20->51 53 5 other signatures 20->53 27 WerFault.exe 22 16 20->27         started        29 WerFault.exe 1 16 20->29         started        file11 signatures12 process13
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PE (Portable Executable) Suspect Win 32 Exe x86
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/8265f0ead86284f968fb51968ce66693
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207/
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-01 14:24:28 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
52
AV detection:
20 of 23 (86.96%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vyaw4q3v7vncn45gnfajbvwuvtppbljodjvwkusf5wv2iizsmidq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
autoit
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remcos
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unc_loader_036
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ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207
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Result
Malware family:
remcos
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost discovery rat upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250801-rx8j2azthx/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Remcos
Remcos family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
198.12.126.169:8780
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Remcos
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/e6fed455-8c95-4b39-a594-759c1522bea3
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207
MD5 hash:
8265f0ead86284f968fb51968ce66693
SHA1 hash:
4b18ab8f6289ec2e3e3a8229261f5dbf896bfa93
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9c4b74a4-d812-41d8-b76e-7707a6afcc81/
SH256 hash:
f1948cec9adcfffd1fad128fa0185d9020edb22f7ed863908a8ce44a92b63cb8
MD5 hash:
c55f6fae557077b14d8a65293da7cf2b
SHA1 hash:
d8ffcf4199d9d50aca072b2e2c2682495bb4496f
Detections:
win_remcos_w0
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win_remcos_auto
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Remcos
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malware_windows_remcos_rat
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win_remcos_rat_unpacked
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INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_EventViewer
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9c4b74a4-d812-41d8-b76e-7707a6afcc81/
SH256 hash:
fd48b6cbe495cb87e88c617c75c4982359f123758a5fb8b92755067db6d4e663
MD5 hash:
154908afd4de1b922dc0b9723a4cdbef
SHA1 hash:
a1de1418212c6490176e6106a40a1514e4024df7
Detections:
AutoIT_Compiled
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9c4b74a4-d812-41d8-b76e-7707a6afcc81/
Malware family:
Remcos
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ae016e4375fd/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Remcos
Score:
0.90
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ae016e4375fd5a26f3a6694090d6d4acdef0ad2e1a6b655245edaba423326207

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
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Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:iexplorer_remcos
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Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect iexplorer being taken over by Remcos
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_EventViewer
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:detects Windows exceutables potentially bypassing UAC using eventvwr.exe
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:nirsoft_v1
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Author:RandomMalware
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Remcos
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Author:kevoreilly
Description:Remcos Payload
Rule name:remcos_
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Author:Michelle Khalil
Description:This rule detects unpacked remcos malware samples.
Rule name:REMCOS_RAT_variants
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Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:TeslaCryptPackedMalware
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Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
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Author:k3nr9
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Remcos_b296e965
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Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/exploring-the-ref2731-intrusion-set
Rule name:win_remcos_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.remcos.
Rule name:win_remcos_rat_unpacked
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in remcos rat Samples.
Rule name:win_remcos_w0
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in remcos rat Samples.
Rule name:yarahub_win_remcos_rat_unpacked_aug_2023
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research

File information

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Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/18318/

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
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::timeGetTime
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AddAce
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.DLL::LoadLibraryA
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW

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