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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs 1 YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f38f3dfb9fd8272bf10ec883a8f2d552c1380f3b2330530dc4f94b5c060a6145
SHA3-384 hash: 2179595735f4d0cb3e9b05bc3ce0666f5c6ea6ed8af665e802744730ed90a584697b1c5b539a23cbb2ee60b2a4824c76
SHA1 hash: 9b756c141db8e3886cf9ccd7eb3fa754010b7546
MD5 hash: a88aa83598eb6daeabac1157c6e286f3
humanhash: washington-jersey-magnesium-alanine
File name:stub.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:3'699'707 bytes
First seen:2026-06-10 16:40:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:uwFh98k1m8HOSrYg7qqFu4uGDNqcJHyPJ97vIC608RS6eUGvtThQ5b5HlN9pZBWV:4
TLSH T15706BFCAD56E44D29C053FC9A8142BC78B2547328AB40028366FBD499F774FEC15EEE6
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:ps1 RAT RemcosRAT


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RemcosRAT C2:
178.16.52.141:2404

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
178.16.52.141:2404 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1829843/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
163
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
vmdetect crypted spawn remo
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm aspnet_compiler base64 base64 encrypted evasive lolbin obfuscated reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
unix shell
First seen:
2026-06-09T13:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-11T09:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Remcos.TCP.C&C
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.expl.evad
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 URL or domain
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 Internet Explorer form passwords
Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper
Detected Remcos RAT
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remcos
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-PowerShell.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-09 16:43:05 UTC
File Type:
Text (PowerShell)
AV detection:
13 of 38 (34.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost collection discovery execution rat suricata
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Family: Remcos
Suricata alert: REMCOS RAT Malware Inbound C2 Communication
Suricata alert: REMCOS RAT Malware Outbound C2 Communication
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
www.highgradebastard.com:2404
www.highgradebastardbackup1.com:2404
www.highgradebastardbackup2.com:2404
www.highgradebastardbackup3.com:2404
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YARA Signatures


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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: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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
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: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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
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:yarahub_win_remcos_rat_unpacked_aug_2023
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research

File information


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