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PowerShell dangerous-command detection swapped from browsers to file/network cmdlets

PowerShell dangerous-command detection now watches file and network cmdlets instead of browser executable names.

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PowerShell dangerous-command detection now watches file and network cmdlets instead of browser executable names.

The set of PowerShell strings used for dangerous-command detection changed from browser executable names (chrome.exe, msedge.exe, firefox.exe, etc.) to file and network cmdlets (copy-item, move-item, compress-archive, expand-archive, invoke-webrequest, invoke-restmethod, new-item).

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Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged --add-dir, /add-dir, and additionalDirectories to refuse network paths (UNC shares, /net/<host> automounts) with a message before…

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