ROADSWEEP
MITRE ATT&CK: S1150 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: ROADSWEEP
- First seen
- 2022-07-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:18:20
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:al
Context
ROADSWEEP is a ransomware that was deployed against Albanian government networks during HomeLand Justice along with the CHIMNEYSWEEP backdoor.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
- 166 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
- Code Signing (attack-pattern)
- Inter-Process Communication (attack-pattern)
- Data Encrypted for Impact (attack-pattern)
- Internal Defacement (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Service Stop (attack-pattern)
- Execution Guardrails (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Inhibit System Recovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- HomeLand Justice (campaign)
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Roadsweep_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Roadsweep (report)
- cloud.google.com — Likely Iranian Threat Actor Conducts Politically Motivated Disruptive Activity Against (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1150 (report)
- cloud.google.com — Likely Iranian Threat Actor Conducts Politically Motivated Disruptive Activity Against (report)