Extensions built by the PowerShell community, for the community, has gone much improvement. Here's a few of my favorite extensions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 06/15/2010
Plus: XP Service Pack 2 support set to expire, Adobe's newest patch is only a drop in the bucket.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/14/2010
Plus: Ten for June's Patch Tuesday; MS responds to Google Banning Windows; Adobe encounters another critical security flaw.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/07/2010
Google leg sweeps at Microsoft's OS. Plus: Adobe eyes a monthly patch cycle; Facebook privacy still big issue; Microsoft security bigwig pens security guide.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/01/2010
If there's such thing as a secret sauce to PowerShell, the PowerShell team has added it to the types.ps1xml file.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/25/2010
Pesky rootkit looks like it's getting refined for attacks. More secure features for Hotmail; Microsoft, Defense Dept. go on offense.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/25/2010
I use PowerShell's Integrated Script Editor Pack mostly for one must-have feature, but there's a whole host of cool scripting tools you might also want to check out.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/18/2010
Attackers now patching systems to allow for better attacks. Plus: Microsoft Office and Google Apps go toe-t-toe on security; insider threats growing, says report.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/18/2010
Plus: McAfee explains patching problem; what security concerns make you lose sleep?; Patching in the dark.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/10/2010
Do you want your PowerShell environment settings to stick as you're whistling and working? Check out the ISE's very own $psISE object for ideas.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/04/2010
Two new off-cycle patches follow the usual Patch Tuesday release. Plus: Looking to third-party app security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/03/2010
Get a handle on PowerShell's profile scripts, used for configuring your PS sessions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/26/2010
Plus: Symantec details global Internet threats; Metasploit 'sells out'; Conficker rumbles.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/20/2010
The Get-Help cmdlet has some useful features you might want to take advantage of.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/20/2010
This month is among the busiest, with patches coming from Microsoft, Adobe and others. Plus: Black Hat Tech Con tackles Web-originated attacks; looking for motives in the cyberspying world.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/12/2010
Call up transactions with PowerShell 2.0, but do so in a way that keeps you from popping up errors unexpectedly. The secret is in exceptions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/05/2010
With April's planned patch releases, Microsoft sets pace to exceed 2009's fixes. Plus: Conficker, a year later; how you set admin rights may be key to overall security, says one vendor.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/05/2010
Configuring a Trusted Host can come to the rescue in some remoting situations, and it's PowerShell friendly.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/30/2010
Microsoft's browser takes center stage at Pwn2Own contest. Plus: yet another vendor takes on patch management, and fixing Windows 64-bit.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/23/2010
PING is fine, if you're not into automation. Otherwise, use Test-Connection to see if a computer is online.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/23/2010