Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

‘Users Must Choose’—Microsoft Confirms New Windows Security Feature

Microsoft has made security changes to one of the most popular tools bundled with Windows installations, and now users must ...
CSOonline

10 essential PowerShell security scripts for Windows administrators

In the 12 years since Microsoft released PowerShell, it has become the de facto tool to dependably administer servers. In August of 2016, it was made open-source and cross-platform with the ...
TWCN Tech News

How to disable PowerShell in Windows 11

This post will show you how to disable the PowerShell application using the Security Policy and the Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 11 or Windows 10. Windows 11/10 comes with a pre-installed ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: Now PowerShell's secrets tool preview supports Linux and macOS

Microsoft has released the SecretManagement Preview 3 module for its PowerShell scripting language and command-line shell to help developers manage secrets with a set of cmdlets. The SecretManagement ...
Redmond Magazine

Windows PowerShell 5.0 Expected To Add Improved Security

Microsoft is planning to deliver its Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version by the end of this month, which also will bring PowerShell 5.0 with it. PowerShell ...