Potential REMCOS Trojan Execution

Last updated 23 days ago on 2025-08-20
Created 23 days ago on 2025-08-20

About

Identifies known execution traces of the REMCOS Remote Access Trojan. Remcos RAT is used by attackers to perform actions on infected machines remotely.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Command and ControlData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: SysmonData Source: SentinelOneData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: Windows Security Event LogsLanguage: eql
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Command and Control (TA0011)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
endgame-*logs-endpoint.events.registry-*logs-endpoint.events.file-*logs-m365_defender.event-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-system.security*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*winlogbeat-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
any where host.os.type == "windows" and
(
 (event.category == "file" and event.type == "deletion" and file.path like "C:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\TH????.tmp") or

 (event.category == "file" and file.path : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\remcos\\logs.dat") or

 (event.category == "registry" and
  registry.value : ("Remcos", "Rmc-??????", "licence") and
  registry.path : (
      "*\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\Remcos",
      "*\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\Rmc-??????",
      "*\\SOFTWARE\\Remcos-*\\licence",
      "*\\Software\\Rmc-??????\\licence"
  )
 )
)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential REMCOS Trojan Execution in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).