# Event Log Analysis ## Event logs Records events that occur on a Windows operating system. It's critical source of information for * Investigating security incidents, * Identifying malicious/susp activities * Understanding system events Logs doesn’t lie! But it can be clear/delete by the Threat actor... Event logs is located at C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs ## Save time Read and investigate the event logs from A-Z is time consuming for CTF. So, we use automate scanner such as Hayabusa to scan the event logs and parse the result. ## Hayabusa Hayabusa (隼) is a sigma-based threat hunting and fast forensics timeline generator for Windows event logs. ```powershell hayabusa.exe update-rules hayabusa.exe csv-timeline -d C:\Users\training\Desktop\C\Windows\System32\winevt\logs -p verbose -o ..\results.csv ```

Then open the the *results.csv* in Timeline Explorer

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