Tycoon
- First seen
- 2019-12-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:47:18
Targeted industries: education-and-nonprofits technology-and-telecommunications
Context
This malware is written in Java and is named after references in the code. Tycoon has been in the wild since December 2019 and has targeted organizations in the education, SMBs, and software industries. Tycoon is a multi-platform Java ransomware that targets Windows and Linux systems. This ransomware denies access to the system administrator following an attack on the domain controller and file servers. The initial intrusion occurs through an internet-facing remote desktop protocol (RDP) jump-server.
Reports & references
- cyberflorida.org — Tycoon Ransomware (report)
- usf.app.box.com — 83Xh0T5W99Klrsoisorir7Kgs14O972S (report)
- ransomlook.io — Tycoon (report)