To catch a hacker in my home lab

[jstanley]

It might be worth explaining what an "artifact" is. I've tried searching but I can't find anything relevant.

[nethunters]

An artifact is a term used in digital forensics to refer to any trace left on a system by an adversary. Examples are files, registry keys and event logs.

[bellyfullofbac]

Yeah, to judge from a writing point of view this is a terrible introduction. It links to a Github page with a 1 line readme although the paragraph itself says "There is a README file that has some question that can be answered based off the artifacts that are also on my Github." (That README is in a subdirectory in that git repo... I think?).