Well, what can I say? If knowledge really is power, this program can make you a god.
@Mateotis
@Umbra Polaris
Well i am not sure if the program can make me god, in fact i hope not as he is the last person i would like to be.
Its hard enough to be myself lol.
That said the program can and will list whatever data there is to gather.
Sure its most of it is in simple TXT format, but this is for a reason as there are 2 other components that are delivered as standalone tools which can make sense out of the TXT files. But they are not going to be released in public.
The log files contain mostly raw data which will dazzle you, but with the right tools and additional third part tools the program really becomes magic.
It has never been designed to operate alone and neither has it been designed to replace other programs.
From a forensic perspective there is no such thing as to many tools, there is no such thing as can do it all, and there is no such thing as to much data.
The problem is that nowadays malware and intrusions have become pretty much military grade in many ways.
Even simple rootkit and bootkits have techniques build in that a few years ago where only available to MIT and Harvard type specialists.
These days even my little son could create a high quality malware that will cause havoc.
I mean look around on some of these malware sites they pretty much allow you with a bit of reading to make malware that will haunt the Windows user for the next 3 to 4 years before a cure can be found.
Same goes for industrial cyber espionage, hacking, corruption and malware... the level of technological skill involved to create high end hacking software has gone up considerably while the effort to obtain this skill and tools to create these tools have gone down.
To give you a example its 100 times more easy to get yourself a seriously good hacking AIO package then to get a gun.
Where 10 years ago the average malware was just a piece of code what essentially changed the way windows functions worked, they now do the same but in so much detail and technological skill that one can only admire those who come up with this crap.
And yet if anyone want to get into the hacking industry, you do not need a extensive knowhow. The only thing you need is a PC + Internet connection and a bit of time to gather the right tools. read some tuto's and download some samples and everything suddenly becomes almost just as easy as installing windows.
So from a forensic perspective older tools are still house hold tools that every forensic investigator would use, however there is a serious need for specialized tools that generate data. Simple said there are only 3 tools on the planet that generate data to the level of court grade logs. My program is as i mentioned very simple yet its logging and data collection while being a centralized program is unmatched and in many ways the next generation.
I am not saying this to make my program look good, as it does not to be honest... but its logging and data collection really does do the trick. The program 1 part out of a set of 3 (the last 2 components are never going to be released as i said and they are custom made for certain networks that are common within the industry) As my program can do a lot, but for some configurations it needs additional help.
On one hand its not a exact science and yet it is exact because anything less then exact would render the data useless.
Hence why this is such a difficult industry specially if you take into account the latest developments within the hacking industry.
So yes while my program is a NG type of software it is by no means god and neither can it make any investigator god.
However it does provide some very needed additional tools that will speed up investigations and will be able to process more data faster and more accurate and thats something completely new within the industry.
There are loads of tools out there but none of them come even close to the level of quality, speed and accuracy not to mention that there are only a few tools that could on paper look as deep within the OS as my program can.
That said its not going to end here, currently i am talking to 3 companies who are world class (not saying names) to pool or expertise and start working together in terms Investigations, R&D, Training and Certification.
Obviously this has been planned even before i started my own company, as i have been working with some of these companies for years now. The team that FMA can utilize are specialists from various companies that work together on a case by case situation based upon expertise and needs. This has been a Industry standard we have been using for what? 8 years now or so.
However now we want to expand that and start officially do something and bundle the resources.
So one way or another i am going to do this, i have been doing it and my software and that of others within our team and partners is just a small part of a much bigger thing.
The need for credible capability within the cyber forensic world is HUGE and the demand is even more HUGE for quality software, not to mention the amount of malware and on-line crime is skyrocketing. Ask anyone within the Internet security world, and you will see that there are so much needs and so few credible capability to combat this.
So yeah a years ago i see this happen, i see where things where going to go... so hence why i jumped into that gap.
Not trying to be a hero here, and neither do i have the ambition to be a world leader within this specific branch.
But if i only can make things more easy for our own clients and partners and if we just can achieve a baseline level to combat on-line crime, then i think we have already achieved more then any other brand out there.
As there is just no centralized standoff & investigation capability within the industry. Ask around on the forum here, what steps they have to take if their network @work is being penetrated and what authorities they have to alert.
Then you will see its a maze and with the explicit exceptions of governmental agencies there are only a few companies around the world that have ANY credibility when it comes to cyber forensic's.
So yeah there is a need and i intend to play my part to fullfill that need.
crap...i did it again didn't i? another freaking 200 pages novel... pff lmao
Cheers
