PowerShell

PowerShell? More like PowerHell: Microsoft won't fix flaws in package gallery ripe for supply chain attacks

Updated Billions of downloads and no defense against typosquatting feels like a bad combination in this day and age

Devops16 Aug 2023 | 36

Russia's APT28 targets Ukraine government with bogus Windows updates

Nasty emails designed to infect systems with info-stealing malware

Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 4

Microsoft uses carrot and stick with Exchange Online admins

If you need extra time to dump RPS, OK, but email from unsupported Exchange servers is blocked till they’re up to date

Spotlight on RSA30 Mar 2023 | 16

Microsoft pushes out PowerShell scripts to fix BitLocker bypass

Attackers exploiting the vulnerability could access encrypted data

Software19 Mar 2023 | 28

Windows 11 puts 'disgusting' Remote Mailslots protocol out of its misery

It's simple, unreliable, insecure, and on its way out

OSes13 Mar 2023 | 65

Microsoft's scythe hovers over RPS for Exchange Online

Remote PowerShell Protocol users must shift into PowerShell v3 module

Software08 Mar 2023 |

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Microsoft: For better security, scan more Exchange server objects

Software giant takes some files and processes off the exclusion list

Security26 Feb 2023 | 9

Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates

XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least

Patches01 Feb 2023 | 3

Gonna run System Restore in Windows 11? Microsoft says some of its apps won't

Want to access Office tools? Don’t try to go back in time

Software19 Jan 2023 | 21

'Fully undetectable' Windows backdoor gets detected

SafeBreach supposedly spots somewhat stealthy subversive software

Security18 Oct 2022 | 21

PowerShell pusher to log off from Microsoft: Write-Host "Bye bye, Jeffrey Snover"

'If you ever were rooting for somebody, please do him a favor and go tell him'

Software29 Jun 2022 | 64

Don't ditch PowerShell to improve security, say infosec agencies from UK, US, and NZ

Use it sensibly instead – which means turning on the useful bits Microsoft doesn't enable by default

Security23 Jun 2022 | 20

This Windows malware uses PowerShell to inject malicious extension into Chrome

And that's a bit odd, says Red Canary

Research27 May 2022 | 13

Jeffrey Snover claims Microsoft demoted him for inventing PowerShell

Twitter thread reveals Redmondian machinations

Offbeat10 May 2022 | 137

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