❗ v7.1.0-preview.7 Release of PowerShell

Breaking Changes
- Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Revert "Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging
- Add support for TLS 1.3 in Web cmdlets
- Add null check for args in CommandLineParser
- Process reparse points for Microsoft Store applications
- Move PSNullConditionalOperators feature out of experimental
- Move PSNativePSPathResolution feature out of Experimental
- Use field if property does not exist for ObRoot when using PowerShell Direct to container
- Suppress UTF-7 obsolete warnings
- Avoid multiple enumerations of an IEnumerable<Expression> instance in Compiler.cs
- Change Add-Type -OutputType to not support ConsoleApplication and WindowsApplication
- Create warnings when UTF-7 is specified as an encoding

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.1.0-preview.7

📦 New Pester pre-release

with the ability to parametrize noscripts, and devcontainer support for easy development in Code.

https://github.com/pester/Pester/releases/tag/5.0.5-beta1

📚 Restoring (Recovering) PowerShell Scripts from Event Logs

PowerShell writes whatever you execute, and it thinks it is risky to Windows PowerShell Operation Event Log.

https://evotec.xyz/restoring-recovering-powershell-noscripts-from-event-logs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restoring-recovering-powershell-noscripts-from-event-logs

🎬 Debugging PowerShell Modules with Pester Unit Tests in Visual Studio Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgJCAhigs8&feature=youtu.be
#video

📘 Machine learning from idea to reality: a PowerShell case study

How known and unknown PowerShell threats can be detected using Windows event log 4104

https://blog.fox-it.com/2020/09/02/machine-learning-from-idea-to-reality-a-powershell-case-study/

🎬 Module Monday: Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzHIjKEfOhA

📘 PowerShell Security Guide

- PowerShell as hacking-tool
- Disarm PowerShell with integrated mechanisms
- Restrict execution of noscripts
- Set Execution Policy
- Securing communication
- SSH Remoting with Public Key Authentication

and so on...
#ebook #free

❗ PowerShell implementation of ZeroLogon (CVE-2020-1472)

Invoke-ZeroLogon. This code was heavily adapted from the C# implementation by the NCC Group's Full Spectrum Attack Simulation team and the original CVE published by Secura.

https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Invoke-ZeroLogon

📦 SecretManagement Preview 3

A big update to SecretManagement is out! This includes new SecretStore vault extension! Both are on PSGallery.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/secretmanagement-preview-3/

💡 New Pluralsight Course - Extending PowerShell

The course is aimed at helping you learn and understand PowerShell Modules and is part of a larger learning path for PowerShell 7 that is being produced currently on PowerShell.

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/powershell-extending

🎬 Git from the PowerShell Prompt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Qe-5MjTX8
#video

📌 Tiny PowerShell Projects

Powershell port from the Manning Publications book, Tiny Python Projects, by Ken Youens-Clark.

https://github.com/dfinke/Tiny-PowerShell-Projects

📚 Configure PowerShell Secret Management Module

https://connorcarnes.com/posts/pwshsecrets/

💡 Metalize!

PowerShell 6.1,7 versions:
PS C:\> function metalize {$input-replace'[aeiou]',{"$_`u{0308}".Normalize('FormC')}}

PS C:\> "Svyatoslav" | metalize

Svyätösläv

PowerShell 5 version:
$callback = {
 param($match)
 "$match$([char]0x0308)".Normalize('FormC')
}

$re = [regex]'[aeiou]'
$re.Replace("Svyataslav", $callback)

Svyätäsläv

Revert back:
"Svyätäsläv".Normalize('FormD') -replace '\p{Mn}'

Svyataslav
#fun

🎬 Ignite 2020: Ask the Expert: Everything you ever wanted to know about PowerShell

https://medius.studios.ms/Embed/video-nc/IG20-ATE412
#video

🎬 PowerShell Unplugged - Challenge Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0fmyX_HI2MQ
#video

❗ PowerShell 7.1 RC1 is out.

Breaking change:
TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 were retired from the default on Linux machines where OpenSSL 1.1 and above is used.

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes:
- Fix case where exception message contains just "`n" on Windows.
- Recognize CONOUT$ and CONIN$ as reserved device names.
- Fix ConciseView for interactive advanced function when writing error.


https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.1.0-rc.1