How to create and run a PowerShell script file on Windows 11 or 10

To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Open Start. Search for ...
Computer Weekly

PowerShell security threats greater than ever, researchers warn

Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell configuration management framework continues to be abused by cyber attackers, according to researchers, who have seen a surge in associated threats. In March 2016, ...

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware Retrieves PowerShell Scripts from DNS Records

Malware researchers have come across a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that uses a novel technique to evade detection on corporate networks by fetching malicious PowerShell commands stored inside a ...
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 ...
TWCN Tech News

Setting & enforcing PowerShell Security Best Practices at Enterprise level

Microsoft developed Windows PowerShell for task automation and configuration management. It is based on .NET framework; while it includes a command-line shell and a scripting language. It does not ...
Computer Weekly

Fileless attacks surge as hackers exploit PowerShell scripts

The latest quarterly threat report from McAfee noted a fourfold increase in fileless hacking attacks utilising Microsoft PowerShell scripts. PowerShell is used mainly to automate administration tasks, ...
MyBroadband

Suspected AI-generated PowerShell scripts used in cyberattack

Multiple organisations in Germany have become the victims of a cyberattack that used PowerShell scripts likely created by artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and ...
Dark Reading

Cloud Security, PowerShell Expertise Emerge as Key SOC Analyst Skills

Though artificial intelligence is poised to drastically transform enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), for the moment at least, the top three technologies for new hires to be familiar with ...
MCPmag

Improved Security Coming to Windows PowerShell 5.0

Microsoft has said that when PowerShell 5.0 arrives later this month, new security improvements will be coming with it. PowerShell 5.0 is the newest version of Microsoft's scripting language for ...