Windows Security Logging and Other Esoterica

I get the question fairly often, how to use the logon events in the audit log to track how long a user was using their computer and when they logged off. As I have written about previously, this method of user activity tracking is unreliable . It works Read More...

A judge in New Zealand declined to convict the admitted (guilty plea) botherder of a million-bot botnet, citing the negative consequences a conviction would have on the young man's future prospects. See the story here . Well duh. The whole theory of crime Read More...

A German court has ruled that a government web site may not retain IP addresses and other personally identifiable information (PII) in their logs for any longer than the user is actually using the site. The judges pointed out that in many cases it was Read More...

Researchers in the state of Ohio in the United States have discovered that by analyzing the logs produced (by law) from e-voting machines used in certain counties, they can determine the vote(s) each voter made . Further, the logs, by law, must be produced Read More...