Search/SmartApeSG campaign uses ClickFix page to push Remcos RAT, (Sat, Mar 14th)
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SmartApeSG campaign uses ClickFix page to push Remcos RAT, (Sat, Mar 14th)

Introduction This diary describes a Remcos RAT infection that I generated in my lab on Thursday, 2026-03-11. This infection was from the SmartApeSG campaign that used a ClickFix-style fake CAPTCHA page. My previous in-depth diary about a SmartApeSG (ZPHP, HANEYMANEY) was in November 2025, when I saw NetSupport Manager RAT. Since then, I've fairly consistently seen what appears to be Remcos RAT from this campaign. Finding SmartApeSG Activity As previously noted, I find SmartApeSG indicators from the Monitor SG account on Mastodon, and I use URLscan to pivot on those indicators to find compromised websites with injected SmartApeSG script. Details Below is an image of HTML in a page from a legitimate but compromised website that shows the injected SmartApeSG script. Shown above: Page from a…

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