Task automation eases the administrator's workload, but the IT staff needs to be mindful of properly handling PowerShell credentials to avoid security issues. Let's say you need to retrieve the BIOS ...

A new PowerShell script was posted on Github recently that prompts a victim to enter their login credentials, checks if they are correct, and then sends the credentials to a remote server. This allows ...

It's cheese because it's using a side effect of New-CimSession (that it will throw an exception if the creds are wrong), rather than a proper method. Also, it only verifies credentials, not ...

Microsoft has issued a stark warning to system administrators, advising them of the importance of updating PowerShell 7 as soon as possible. Versions prior to PowerShell 7.0.8 and PowerShell 7.1.5 are ...

Security experts from SecureWorks have identified a series of incidents dating from early August 2016, where they've seen threat actors utilizing malicious PowerShell scripts to steal access ...

When a PowerShell script fails in Task Scheduler, separate the trigger, action, result, and expected output.The target audience is administrators who run PowerShell scripts in Task Scheduler. This ...

The Microsoft Office 365 product line includes Exchange email servers, providing Web and email client access to a cloud-based email server. To manipulate your company's Exchange account from the ...