Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
150s - max time network
148s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
22/08/2026, 17:39
General
- Target Xone.exe
- Size 363KB
- Sample260822-v79fvsxcld
- SHA256 e1283ec4e87a0a4654522675c6ae94b87ba8925d3b768f56a61b70e26384e3e9
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Dracula, Samurai
Dracula aka Samurai is a stealer written in C#.
- Detects Dracula aka Samurai Stealer payload 1 IoCs
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
- Disables Task Manager via registry modification
- Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- 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.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Start PowerShell.
- Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- 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.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 37 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
- 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.
- outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
- outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xone.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xone.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe"CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="7_iC!4>r!i0k!}" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe" enable=yes & exit2⤵
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe" /RL HIGHEST3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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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 & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe" /RL HIGHEST3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exeC:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Drops file in System32 directory
- 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
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"cmd" /C chcp 65001 && netsh wlan show profiles | findstr All2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\chcp.comchcp 650013⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exenetsh wlan show profiles3⤵
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
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C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exefindstr All3⤵
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c start /b powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE9F5.tmp.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE9F5.tmp.exe"'3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE9F5.tmp.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE9F5.tmp.exe"4⤵
- Adds policy Run key to start application
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- System policy modification
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"2⤵
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C:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exeC:\Windows\Web\MalwareDef.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"C:\Windows\System32\Defender.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Winlogon Helper DLL
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Winlogon Helper DLL
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
tmpE9F5.tmp.exe
memory/1128-117-0x0000000004C50000-0x0000000004C5A000-memory.dmp
memory/1128-116-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000004C22000-memory.dmp
memory/1128-115-0x0000000005240000-0x00000000057FA000-memory.dmp
memory/1128-114-0x0000000000080000-0x000000000008E000-memory.dmp
memory/3392-101-0x000000001B990000-0x000000001B9BA000-memory.dmp
memory/3392-120-0x0000000001030000-0x0000000001042000-memory.dmp
memory/3392-118-0x000000001CB30000-0x000000001CBFA000-memory.dmp
memory/3392-106-0x000000001B920000-0x000000001B92C000-memory.dmp
memory/3392-102-0x000000001C8D0000-0x000000001C920000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-110-0x0000026DC4280000-0x0000026DC42A2000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-6-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-9-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-93-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-94-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-11-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-10-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-104-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-12-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-8-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-7-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-0-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000001022000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-5-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-4-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-3-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-2-0x00007FFC7DA60000-0x00007FFC7E404000-memory.dmp
memory/4832-1-0x00007FFC7DBEF000-0x00007FFC7DBF0000-memory.dmp