CHIMNEYSWEEP — Malware Profile
CHIMNEYSWEEP is a backdoor malware that was deployed during HomeLand Justice along with ROADSWEEP ransomware, and has been used to target Farsi and Arabic speakers since at least 2012.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (31)
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.001 Binary Padding
- T1027.007 Dynamic API Resolution
- T1027.009 Embedded Payloads
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1053.005 Scheduled Task
- T1056.001 Keylogging
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059.001 PowerShell
- T1059.005 Visual Basic
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1102 Web Service
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1112 Modify Registry
- T1113 Screen Capture
- T1115 Clipboard Data
- T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1218.003 CMSTP
- T1480 Execution Guardrails
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot
- T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control
- T1553.002 Code Signing