Jason Fossen

Author and instructor of the six-day "Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation" course (SEC505) at the SANS Institute.

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

And all my SANS #PowerShell scripts are in the public domain. Get them all in a zip file, with no email registration or other hassles, from:

https://t.co/NmtROOyCX3

[SANS Cyber Defense 🧢 @SANSDefense]

"If your job has anything to do with Windows administration & security, you must take this class." - Tung Nguyen, Denver Water.

Learn more about SEC505: Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation ➡ https://t.co/XWyfCIOtBs

#SANSOnline #Windows
@JasonFossen | @SANSInstitute

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

VMware is giving away Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use:

https://t.co/Xen3ykOwA0

#VMware #VirtualBox #HyperV

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Eastern time zone! :-)

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Want to learn how to automate Windows security hardening using PowerShell? June 10th I will be teaching my SANS six-day PowerShell course again (course SEC505), streaming online in the central time zone:

https://t.co/iBDMZfhTfa

#PowerShell #InfoSec #SSH @SANSInstitute #GIAC

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

@TheDustinDecker I remember that conf with the highway sniper, thank you for the notes!

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

@chadtilbury Ha! I have an even older photo with Alan, but I didn't want to post it. Specializing in Windows security has aged me prematurely... ;-)

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

@bosifusjones23 Unknown, I'm just a contractor, but if it involves PowerShell, then maybe so! :-)

[Steve Lee @Steve_MSFT]

#PowerShell 7.3-rc1 is out! https://t.co/NWA6Ti6bOQ. Barring any issues reported, we should be on track for GA next month.

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

AMD, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA announce "Caliptra" as their open specification for a silicon Root-of-Trust in CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, NICs, and future ASIC or SoC devices:

https://t.co/l2qtZGiyQS

Whither Intel?

#ASIC #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Intel #AMD #SoC #Caliptra #FOSS #OCP

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Windows Terminal is now the default console app in Windows 11 version 22H2:

https://t.co/rMhIg4TlB0

Remember, Windows Terminal wraps PowerShell, it doesn't replace it.

#PowerShell #WindowsTerminal #Terminal #Windows11 #VSCode

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

New Windows 10 version 22H2 security baseline from Microsoft:

https://t.co/f1hRFN6sex

This covers the Administrator account lockout feature too.

#Windows10 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #BlueTeam

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Microsoft releases an out-of-band update to address SSL/TLS failures on Windows 11:

https://t.co/Dly8blamWe

#Windows11 #Crypto #TLS #SSL #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

1950s programming of an automatic lathe, but without a computer, paper tape or punchcards:

https://t.co/46fCK3ukfV

Debugging with a screwdriver (while keeping all of one's fingers attached)...

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Does SANS have a course where you write a PowerShell ransomware script in a lab and then defend against it? Yes!

https://t.co/NmtROOzaMB

SEC505 does not require any prior scripting experience, we learn #PowerShell for #BlueTeam #CyberSecurity #InfoSec together (@SANSDefense).

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 to unofficially get two more years of updates:

https://t.co/n2CAcXyx9A

#Windows7 #WindowsServer2008 #WindowsServer #WSUS #MicrosoftUpdate #WindowsUpdate

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available:

https://t.co/NlkC0xSd9S

#WindowsServer #Azure #WindowsServer2022

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

Windows 10 version 21H1 will reach end of servicing support on 13.Dec.2022:

https://t.co/orQICCyPKW

What does "end of servicing support" mean?

https://t.co/RBgdNll9GJ

#Windows10 #WSUS #Intune

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

How to enable the new Smart App Control in Windows 11, including when you will need to reinstall the entire OS (yikes):

https://t.co/mL5ljdVBll

#Windows11 #SmartAppControl #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #BlueTeam

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

With the latest update applied, all Windows versions can now block brute-force password attacks against the local Administrator account:

https://t.co/EXw8fwBvE1

The update also requires password complexity for the admin account.

#Windows11 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #BlueTeam

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

The recent 22H2 update to Windows 11 can break biometric and PIN logons:

https://t.co/gPLBidmC4M

#Windows11 #Windows11Pro #WindowsHello #Biometrics

[Jason Fossen @JasonFossen]

VirtualBox 7.0.0 is now available with SecureBoot and TPM 2.0 for better Windows 11 support, plus several other nice changes:

https://t.co/Szqz6tagzl

#Windows11 #VirtualBox #VMware #HyperV #Linux