---
id: 6233
title: "Cobalt Strike Operators Leverage PowerShell Loaders Across Chinese, Russian, and Global Infrastructure"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/cobaltstrike-powershell-loader-chinese-russian-infrastructure"
published_at: "2025-06-19T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "c2", "powershell", "cobalt-strike", "open-directory", "shellcode-loader", "attacker-infrastructure"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6233"
lang: en
---

# Cobalt Strike Operators Leverage PowerShell Loaders Across Chinese, Russian, and Global Infrastructure

## Summary

A PowerShell shellcode loader found in a Chinese open directory executes in memory, fetches stage two from Baidu Cloud Functions, and beacons to Cobalt Strike infrastructure in Russia.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2025-06-19T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/cobaltstrike-powershell-loader-chinese-russian-infrastructure
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6233