Tag Archives: Powershell

Hackers are Loving Windows PowerShell

PowerShell is available as a script environment on all Windows systems and is not only popular with administrators. Attackers also appreciate PowerShell to run malicious scripts in Windows environments.

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Windows: Security change affecting PowerShell

A short note for people who using PowerShell. On January 8, 2019, Microsoft also closed a vulnerability in PowerShell with security updates. This affects the loopback behavior of the PowerShell. 

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PowerShell-Script WindowsAutoPilotIntune 2.1

A short tip for administrators working with InTune. The WindowsAutoPilotIntune 2.1 script has been released in the PowerShell Gallery. This is an example module for managing AutoPilot devices via the Intune Graph API. Michael Niehaus pointed this out here.

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PowerShell vulnerable for CVE-2018-0764/CVE-2018-0786

[German]Just for your information: Microsoft had revised its security instructions (Microsoft Security Update Releases). The PowerShell is also vulnerable to the .NET vulnerabilities CVE-2018-0764/CVE-2018-0786. These vulnerabilities has been patched already.

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Preview of Tool ‘Honolulu’ for Server Admins comes at

[German]Not every administrator is able to use Windows PowerShell for his tasks. To make life easier for administrators, Microsoft will present a graphical server management tool at the Ignite conference. 

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Windows PowerShell: Save it from Hackers

Windows PowerShell is used more and more from hackers to access Windows systems. Microsoft tries to secure PowerShell from such attacks. In PowerShell 5.0 Microsoft has introduced logging features, to detect such attacks. The Wired article Microsoft's Bid to Save … Continue reading

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update KB3176934 breaks PowerShell

[German]This week Microsoft released update KB3176934 to move Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Build 14393.82. Unfortunately this patch breaks the DSC function and remoting in PowerShell.

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