dracula_stealer | b319985762af88e0fb55ce4d7b992002be4cb79df0379a9e55dd8056ac710e09

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
152s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-de
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-delocale:de-deos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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02/08/2026, 16:52

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General

Target
nixware.exe
Size 518KB
Sample260802-vdg5hsch77
SHA256 b319985762af88e0fb55ce4d7b992002be4cb79df0379a9e55dd8056ac710e09
MD5 aece87d3e06f802a4081b87628542ca4
SHA1 0f2a433f5fa924648b949478689ceb0db38d3e53
SHA512 24bfc2ad9c05c653620efdbdc59b1231234be749ee32e4937d4abf9837bc102c0617088ee6bc456e6fd2174ce46faddb4c6073aeb77d24d867a3825ab03930fe
SSDEEP 6144:FRNph0ZTqzueOqbgK3AvnWwoOhRc1egUERkOw+V3ltkOdKlH+g19OU3w+gojM+eN:L/h0NqlZgoAB3RMmgryjXpulr1dS
TLSH
T1FDB43A147FA98E08E490253E455E0A09DBEAD1F226327303370AEF615D459DEDE2D3EB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

collection discovery execution dracula_stealer persistence privilege_escalation spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Dracula, Samurai
Dracula aka Samurai is a stealer written in C#.
stealer dracula_stealer

Detects Dracula aka Samurai Stealer payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3476-61-0x0000022AD5E90000-0x0000022AD5EBA000-memory.dmp	family_dracula_stealer

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Windows\\xdwdSystem32\\Defender.exe"	nixware.exe

Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.
persistence privilege_escalation

AppInit DLLs
T1546.010

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3580	MalwareDef.exe
3476	Defender.exe
5516	Defender.exe
1428	Defender.exe
3356	Defender.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
5516	Defender.exe
828	svchost.exe
4648	Process not Found
6128	findstr.exe
5716	netsh.exe
1428	Defender.exe
3356	Defender.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Defender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Defender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Defender.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

flow	ioc
13	api.ipify.org
16	api.ipify.org
1	api.ipify.org
1	icanhazip.com
2	api.ipify.org
3	api.ipify.org
4	api.ipify.org
6	api.ipify.org

Drops file in Windows directory 16 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	MalwareDef.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	nixware.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwd.dll	nixware.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	MalwareDef.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	Defender.exe
File created	C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe	nixware.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	nixware.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	Defender.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe	nixware.exe
File created	C:\Windows\xdwd.dll	nixware.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
3972	cmd.exe
1408	cmd.exe
4256	cmd.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may search for information about Wi-Fi networks, such as network names and passwords, on compromised systems.

discovery

Wi-Fi Discovery

T1016.002

pid	Process
4256	cmd.exe
5716	netsh.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	Defender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	Defender.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4440	schtasks.exe
1124	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 40 IoCs

pid	Process
828	svchost.exe
828	svchost.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
3476	Defender.exe
6128	findstr.exe
6128	findstr.exe
5716	netsh.exe
5716	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4568	nixware.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3476	Defender.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3580	MalwareDef.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5516	Defender.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3476	Defender.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1428	Defender.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3356	Defender.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4568 wrote to memory of 5420	4568	nixware.exe	90
PID 4568 wrote to memory of 3972	4568	nixware.exe	91
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 4440	3972	cmd.exe	94
PID 4568 wrote to memory of 1408	4568	nixware.exe	95
PID 1408 wrote to memory of 1124	1408	cmd.exe	97
PID 4568 wrote to memory of 5516	4568	nixware.exe	102
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 4256	3476	Defender.exe	104
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 5168	4256	cmd.exe	106
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 5716	4256	cmd.exe	107
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 6128	4256	cmd.exe	108

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Defender.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Defender.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nixware.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nixware.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4568
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe
  "CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="u]A*fFe;fA1pfW" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe" enable=yes & exit
  2⤵
  PID:5420
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3972
- - C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe" /RL HIGHEST
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4440
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1408
- - C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe" /RL HIGHEST
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1124
- C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
  "C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5516

C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe
C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3580

C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:3476
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  "cmd" /C chcp 65001 && netsh wlan show profiles | findstr All
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4256
- - C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
    chcp 65001
    3⤵
    PID:5168
- - C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
    netsh wlan show profiles
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:5716
- - C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
    findstr All
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:6128

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:828

C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
"C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1428

C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
"C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3356

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Wi-Fi Discovery

T1016.002

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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xdwd.dll

Path C:\Windows\xdwd.dll
Size 136KB
SHA256 35c8d022e1d917f1aabdceae98097ccc072161b302f84c768ca63e4b32ac2b66
MD5 16e5a492c9c6ae34c59683be9c51fa31
SHA1 97031b41f5c56f371c28ae0d62a2df7d585adaba
SHA512 20fd369172ef5e3e2fde388666b42e8fe5f0c2bfa338c0345f45e98af6561a249ba3ecc48c3f16efcc73f02ecb67b3ddb1e2e8f0e77d18fa00ac34e6379e50b6
SSDEEP 3072:t0iX+jLyDcqaH9a6DFHo6MjD7VbZaZaZ8Xwlk4MHWZpt:t07yDSvdoRj2up
TLSH
T151D35B0772A500BFE1668638C5630A09E777B8211770DBAF33A4429D9F277E19D3AF61
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Defender.exe

Path C:\Windows\xdwdSystem32\Defender.exe
Size 518KB
SHA256 b319985762af88e0fb55ce4d7b992002be4cb79df0379a9e55dd8056ac710e09
MD5 aece87d3e06f802a4081b87628542ca4
SHA1 0f2a433f5fa924648b949478689ceb0db38d3e53
SHA512 24bfc2ad9c05c653620efdbdc59b1231234be749ee32e4937d4abf9837bc102c0617088ee6bc456e6fd2174ce46faddb4c6073aeb77d24d867a3825ab03930fe
SSDEEP 6144:FRNph0ZTqzueOqbgK3AvnWwoOhRc1egUERkOw+V3ltkOdKlH+g19OU3w+gojM+eN:L/h0NqlZgoAB3RMmgryjXpulr1dS
TLSH
T1FDB43A147FA98E08E490253E455E0A09DBEAD1F226327303370AEF615D459DEDE2D3EB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/3476-65-0x0000022AD7EC0000-0x0000022AD7F10000-memory.dmp

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memory/3476-64-0x0000022AD6530000-0x0000022AD6572000-memory.dmp

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memory/3476-61-0x0000022AD5E90000-0x0000022AD5EBA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-8-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-6-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-7-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-0-0x00007FFA5F2CF000-0x00007FFA5F2D0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-5-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-16-0x00000272F8690000-0x00000272F8794000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-4-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-59-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-3-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-2-0x00007FFA5F140000-0x00007FFA5FAE4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4568-1-0x00000272F5A60000-0x00000272F5AE8000-memory.dmp

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