The default event logging in Windows 10 won't give you enough information to properly conduct intrusion forensics. These settings and tools will help you collect the needed log data. After a ...

Free unofficial patches are available for a new Windows zero-day flaw dubbed EventLogCrasher that lets attackers remotely crash the Event Log service on devices within the same Windows domain. This ...

Japan's Computer Emergency Response Center (JPCERT/CC) has shared tips on detecting different ransomware gang's attacks based on entries in Windows Event Logs, providing timely detection of ongoing ...

Analyzing forensics logs requires a unique approach. Here are the basics of what you need to know and the tools to use. The recent cybersecurity symposium that aimed to “prove” the 2020 US election ...

Microsoft is having difficulty keeping development code out of the Windows event log after another message that users are advised to ignore turned up in the... event ...

I'm writing a Windows app in unmanaged C++ and want to log some simple events to the Application log. I'm normally a *nix guy and am used to being able to just call syslog() (or asl(3) on Mac OS X). I ...

Windows Event Viewer shows the system events and helps review app, security, and system logs useful to check errors on Windows 11. However, this handy utility can stop working for various reasons, ...

ETL stands for Event Trace Log. These are the log files created by the Tracelog program or Tracelog.exe. These files contain trace messages generated by the trace provider during a trace session. The ...