Behind the Refund: From GST Phishing to Remcos RAT Through a Multi-Stage .NET Infection Chain
A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Indian businesses and taxpayers leverages GST-related themes to distribute Remcos RAT through a multi-stage .NET framework. Threat actors impersonate Government of India GST communications using fraudulent refund notifications with convincing ARN references. The attack chain begins with a malicious RAR archive containing a .NET executable that employs bitmap-based payload concealment techniques. Through successive stages including Windows Health Optimizer Plus.dll and perfgurd.dll, the malware deploys Remcos RAT entirely in memory, establishing persistence via PowerShell scripts and registry modifications. Command-and-control infrastructure utilizes dynamic DNS services with randomized subdomains under aofmokighoig.hath.network. The deployed Remcos RAT enables remote command execution, keylogging, credential harvesting, file manipulation, and comprehensive system reconnaissance capabilities, representing a financially motivated cybercrime operation specifically t...
Indicators of Compromise
- hash: 07d7d21c2c0920d198efb9ea54900a80
- hash: 20476f3a51dfddf3dc0603fc7858d894
- hash: 2a34bdd25b404737ee5d3b52bf0b3b70
- hash: 3757dccb2adae65ccdf8d5e5c948b927
- hash: 7842d12d9e37c75076133be5b9904cb2
- hash: cc34d9760394104ad47877a0d57e9c63
Behind the Refund: From GST Phishing to Remcos RAT Through a Multi-Stage .NET Infection Chain
Description
A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Indian businesses and taxpayers leverages GST-related themes to distribute Remcos RAT through a multi-stage .NET framework. Threat actors impersonate Government of India GST communications using fraudulent refund notifications with convincing ARN references. The attack chain begins with a malicious RAR archive containing a .NET executable that employs bitmap-based payload concealment techniques. Through successive stages including Windows Health Optimizer Plus.dll and perfgurd.dll, the malware deploys Remcos RAT entirely in memory, establishing persistence via PowerShell scripts and registry modifications. Command-and-control infrastructure utilizes dynamic DNS services with randomized subdomains under aofmokighoig.hath.network. The deployed Remcos RAT enables remote command execution, keylogging, credential harvesting, file manipulation, and comprehensive system reconnaissance capabilities, representing a financially motivated cybercrime operation specifically t...
Technical Details
- Author
- AlienVault
- Tlp
- white
- References
- ["https://www.seqrite.com/blog/behind-the-refund-from-gst-phishing-to-remcos-rat-through-a-multi-stage-net-infection-chain/"]
- Adversary
- null
- Pulse Id
- 6a5a0f86e175ec219dfa17b2
- Threat Score
- null
Indicators of Compromise
Hash
| Value | Description | Copy |
|---|---|---|
hash07d7d21c2c0920d198efb9ea54900a80 | — | |
hash20476f3a51dfddf3dc0603fc7858d894 | — | |
hash2a34bdd25b404737ee5d3b52bf0b3b70 | — | |
hash3757dccb2adae65ccdf8d5e5c948b927 | — | |
hash7842d12d9e37c75076133be5b9904cb2 | — | |
hashcc34d9760394104ad47877a0d57e9c63 | — |
Threat ID: 6a5b3f7634329bf928c66a9e
Added to database: 07/18/2026, 08:55:18 UTC
Last updated: 07/18/2026, 11:11:42 UTC
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