PowerShell is an interesting product, to be sure. It is not only Microsoft’s next generation administrative shell, it's a scripting language. One helpful feature is the ability to save a block of ...

One of the most welcome new features in PowerShell 7 is the ability to perform parallel execution of script blocks. This new parallel execution capability can drastically reduce the amount of time it ...

Error handling is important when creating PowerShell scripts. A script that runs correctly once may not run correctly every time. There always seems to be some kind ...

While blocking IP ranges works perfectly, blocking a website or domain is tricky. That’s because multiple IPs can be associated with the domain, and while you can prevent them, the DNS resolver can ...

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...

If you want to block NTLM attacks over SMB in Windows 11, here is how you can do that. An administrator can block all the NTLM attacks over Server Message Block with the help of the Local Group Policy ...

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Stop doing manually what your PC has been able to automate since forever.

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...

Security researchers have discovered a new campaign targeting multiple military contractors involved in weapon manufacturing, including an F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft components supplier. The ...