logwatch on Linux if you want to stare at screen after screen of email
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If you're looking for something to track failed SSH logins etc. then we use LFD (part of the CSF iptables toolkit) on Linux which can be configured to automatically drop trafic from the source IP. Quite flexible too, you can drop just SSH traffic and set the entries to age out etc.
Pretty sure it can handle FTP, POP3 etc. i you teach it what a failed login looks like in the logs.
Used to use BFD which does pretty much the same thing but isn't maintained any more and lacks some of the options.
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CSF from ConfigServer Services is very good and does exactly what you want for Linux. Not come across anything similar for Windows.
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Microsoft have one but I can't remember the name of it right now. It's pretty cool though as you can wait for a specific event and then make it automatically do the crash on ctrl + scroll lck so it dump's the memory. It's more for troubleshooting specific events but you could also set it up to e-mail when a login event is found. If you search Microsoft you will probably find it anyway but I will check my e-mails when I get a chance.
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Nope it's a free tool but I believe you have to go through Microsoft Support to get it and then they will e-mail it to you. I have got it on a server somewhere so if I find it I will let you know as the Microsoft link they sent me has expired now.
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