PULSE NAME
RemotePE: The Lazarus RAT that lives in memory
WHITE Lazarus AlienVault 2026-05-25 Modified: 2026-05-25
28
IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
A sophisticated memory-only toolset used by a North Korean Lazarus subgroup targeting financial and cryptocurrency organizations consists of three malware families forming a chain. DPAPILoader decrypts and loads RemotePELoader from disk using Windows Data Protection API. RemotePELoader beacons to command-and-control servers and retrieves RemotePE, a fully-fledged remote access trojan executed entirely in memory without filesystem artifacts. The toolset employs environmental keying via DPAPI, EDR evasion through HellsGate technique and ETW patching, actor-in-the-loop payload delivery, and shared hosting infrastructure on Namecheap. RemotePE features comprehensive RAT capabilities including file operations, process management, command execution, and a plugin system for dynamically loading additional payloads, while maintaining persistence through masquerading as legitimate Windows services.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
ATT&CK TECHNIQUES
MALWARE FAMILIES
DPAPILoader RemotePELoader RemotePE ThemeForestRAT PondRAT POOLRAT
Indicators of Compromise (28)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-MD5 23c2569a65870a9e412d98d5b3bdc554 2026-05-25
FileHash-MD5 75a46b23825ce7aa4ca297d93450f4e2 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 3b994549ab4fd9024b2f0155094d7aa43b70bb8f 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 91def0a4dd9b35510d7f8897bc114f975a5d7e2b 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 159471e1abc9adf6733af9d24781fbf27a776b81d182901c2e04e28f3fe2e6f3 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 37f5afb9ed3761e73feb95daceb7a1fdbb13c8b5fc1a2ba22e0ef7994c7920ef 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 4f6ae0110cf652264293df571d66955f7109e3424a070423b5e50edc3eb43874 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 62e040a32aac2d2faa8d2bffa2cf7ab662228cebf9bb78eaa0a633c0b729d119 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 6b33d20196267b0d64bca815ca863558d26b17cee77caf62a6cce8eae555ac8d 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 710f15302859c7af1c1e25219d704841b3fdbc48f16a5a574d5ab6cf4f4842e8 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 7a05188ab0129b0b4f38e2e7599c5c52149ce0131140db33feb251d926428d68 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA256 aa4a2d1215f864481994234f13ab485b95150161b4566c180419d93dda7ac039 2026-05-25
URL https://docs.dissect.tools/en/stable 2026-05-25
URL https://docs.dissect.tools/en/stable/ 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 442f4abac74d844256e3ff60f929b358ded71881 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 56f9b97fee195ed8dea39552eac288aa58cfaf48 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 6c2b40c172a9c8706abc149ac72f5c509e4c5f56 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 84bb3752307a088a6cdba4215aa9a993d34f353c 2026-05-25
FileHash-SHA1 bef8714787a76d33d74dc23e7c750e74b57f6f04 2026-05-25
domain aes-secure.net 2026-05-25
domain akamaicloud.com 2026-05-25
domain azureglobalaccelerator.com 2026-05-25
domain devicelinkintel.com 2026-05-25
domain event.name 2026-05-25
domain file.name 2026-05-25
domain intelcloudinsights.com 2026-05-25
domain msdeliverycontent.com 2026-05-25
hostname docs.dissect.tools 2026-05-25