RE: Locked out local admin accounts...

["Michael Shirk" <shirkdog () cryptomail org>]

Well, administrator accounts being locked out on local machines would be Assumed to be a virus. However, you need to 
setup AUDIT LOGS, to monitor connection attempts and get a network sniffer to to see what is going on with these 
machines and who is connecting.
Google the following:
NT Security
Windows 2000 Security
Snort
Ethereal
WinPCAP
windump
Shirkdog
-----Original Message-----
From: RMurphy () irvinecompany com [mailto:RMurphy () irvinecompany com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:22 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Locked out local admin accounts...
Importance: Low
In our environment today, local administrator accounts on workstations and
servers have been getting locked out at an alarming rate. Nothing crazy is
standing out on the IDS, and the security logs on the machines that are
having the administrator account locked out aren't showing any login
attempts. What could be going on here? We're a Win2000 environment, and
domain accounts seem to be unaffected, it's only the local administrator
accounts that are getting locked.
This is very bizarre.
Thanks for your help,
Ryan Murphy
 
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