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 ...

If you are looking for good free software to view, manage and analyze your Windows Event Logs, you may want to check out these three – Event Log Manager, Event Log Explorer and Lepide Event Log ...

Has anyone implemented an event logging system? I'm working in a 2008 R2 functional level domain, with all DCs set up as source computers and a 2008 r2 collection server, and I'm having a great deal ...

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, ...

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SIEM and SOAR allow enterprises to collect and correlate log event data but may not be the ideal choice for every organization. Microsoft’s Windows Event Forwarding aggregates system event logs from ...

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Incident responders and blue teams have a new tool called Chainsaw that speeds up searching through Windows event log records to identify threats. The tool is designed to assist in the first-response ...

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 ...