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Dissecting REMCOS RAT: An in-depth analysis of a widespread 2024 malware, Part Two

ID: 8e19299b-2b00-5851-9177-873f945fafab

STIX ID: report--8e19299b-2b00-5851-9177-873f945fafab

Feed Name: Elastic Security Labs

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-04-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

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This technical write-up (part two of a series) analyzes REMCOS RAT execution and post-compromise capabilities: it describes the watchdog persistence/injection logic, offline keylogger modes and file handling, screenshot and screen-specific capture features, audio recording behavior, file storage/encryption flags, and the C2 communication protocol including packet structure and example packet-building code.

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