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Sol Acunzos

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Analyzing logs manually?

This is how I built my first script to detect attacks in Python.

  • How many hours do security analysts spend manually reviewing logs?

🛑 As a Cybersecurity student, I wanted to understand how to automate this task and put theory into practice.

That's why I've been working on LogSentinel-Lite, a lightweight Python script designed to assist with Blue Team tasks and threat analysis. 🛡️💻

What exactly does it do?

📊 It reads and parses log files (such as authentication logs).

🔍 It automatically detects suspicious patterns, such as potential brute-force attacks based on multiple failed login attempts from the same IP address.

⚡ It generates a clear report in the console to expedite incident triage.

It's a simple project, but ideal for taking your first steps in detection and automation engineering with Python. I'd love to hear your thoughts or suggestions for improvements! 🚀

🔗 You can see the complete code, documentation, and try it out in my GitHub repository: https://github.com/soolaczz/LogSentinel

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