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  1. @hook-s3c hook-s3c created this gist Nov 15, 2018.
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    Logs are held by default in the user profile:
    \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txt

    this directory also hosts per-application logs

    --------------------------------------------------------------
    Disable Logging...

    remove-module psreadline

    Set-PSReadlineOption -HistorySavePath path
    - to change the default path of log file

    Set-PSReadlineOption –HistorySaveStyle SaveNothing
    - to disable logging feature

    Other;
    - Get-Credential
    - variable = Read-Host -AsSecureString "mysecurestring"

    --------------------------------------------------------------

    Scrubbing;

    del (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath

    --------------------------------------------------------------
    Extracting logs with python;
    https://github.com/KalibRx/PoshHarvestPy

    --------------------------------------------------------------
    Sources...

    https://twitter.com/DissectMalware/status/1062879286749773824
    https://twitter.com/nikhil_mitt/status/1062382974744887296
    https://twitter.com/DevinStokes/status/1062760239781408768
    https://twitter.com/IISResetMe/status/1062594906626187264
    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stevelasker/2016/03/25/clear-history-powershell-doesnt-clear-the-history-3/
    https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2018/11/08/powershell-history-file.html
    https://yunolikerobots.com/blog/f/log-everything-right