---
id: 6251
title: "South Korean Organizations Targeted by Cobalt Strike ‘Cat’ Delivered by a Rust Beacon"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/rust-beacon-cobalt-strike-cat-south-korea"
published_at: "2025-03-18T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["rust", "threat-hunting", "cobalt-strike", "open-directory", "south-korea", "sqlmap"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6251"
lang: en
---

# South Korean Organizations Targeted by Cobalt Strike ‘Cat’ Delivered by a Rust Beacon

## Summary

A briefly exposed Japanese server hosted a Rust-compiled loader delivering Cobalt Strike 'Cat', plus sqlmap, dirsearch, and Web-SurvivalScan, in attacks on South Korean organizations.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2025-03-18T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/rust-beacon-cobalt-strike-cat-south-korea
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6251