One problem with Windows is that it's always been difficult to know what exactly it's doing in the background at any given moment. When you start up an application, what's it doing that we can't see?

Sysmon has been around for some time, but you’ve had to know what it is and how to install it. Currently you need to visit Microsoft’s Sysinternals page, grab Sysmon and install it. It’s not a ...

There is good news for administrators: Microsoft has delivered on its promise to build Sysmon functionality into Windows.… The functionality arrived in the Dev and Beta Windows Insider channels this ...

Microsoft hasn't had an easy time with Windows 11 updates as of late, but in an unexpected move, the company just offered a very thoughtful, uncontroversial addition to Windows 11—the popular Sysmon ...

Microsoft has released Sysmon 15, converting it into a protected process and adding the new ‘FileExecutableDetected’ option to log when executable files are created. For those not familiar with Sysmon ...

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Windows 11 power users will be pleased to learn that Microsoft is planning to bring the Sysmon (System Monitor) tool to Windows as a native utility. Usually part of the Sysinternals suite of utilities ...

Microsoft has released Sysmon 14 with a new 'FileBlockExecutable' option that lets you block the creation of malicious executables, such as EXE, DLL, and SYS files, for better protection against ...

The Sysmon (System Monitor) tool from Sysinternals, valued by IT admins and security experts, is coming directly to Windows. This was announced by the tool's developer, Mark Russinovich, in one of his ...