New 'Tycoon' Ransomware Strain Targets Windows, Linux

A newfound type of Java-based ransomware has been seen in dynamic and apparently focused on attacks on education and software organizations, scientists from BlackBerry, and KPMG report. This strain, named Tycoon utilizes a dark Java picture format to bypass security devices.

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The revelation started when KPMG's UK Cyber Response Services team was reached to react to a focused on the attack against an educational institution. BlackBerry's Research and Intelligence team, which works with KPMG, broke down the threat. The Tycoon ransomware, they state, has been seen in the wild since December 2019 and targets the two Windows and Linux machines. Its victim count is "limited," analysts state, recommending it might be a highly focused threat.

For this situation, an attacker associated with the target system utilizing a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server on the network, then located an objective and got local administrator credentials. Installed process hacker-as-a-service, and disabled antivirus. They dropped backdoor access so they could pick up re-entry and left.

After seven days, the attacker associated with an RDP server and utilized it to move along the side over the network, making RDP associations with various systems. Investigation shows RDP connections were physically started for every server, BlackBerry's team states in a blog entry. The attacker then ran process hacker-as-a-service and disabled antivirus then executed the ransomware. It follows this same procedure for each contaminated server on the network, and records are encrypted with expansions including .thanos, .grinch, and .redrum.

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