New Tool: ficheck.py, (Thu, Jul 24th)

The report introduces ficheck.py, a lightweight Python file integrity monitoring tool modeled after fcheck, designed to quickly detect file creations, deletions, inode changes, ownership/permission modifications, and content changes via SHA-256 hashing, with optional btime support when pystatx is present. It highlights strong performance (typically under 90 seconds), practical default monitoring of change-prone and attacker-abused directories, and provides an install script that configures a 2-hour cron job and email notifications via mailx. Links to the script and related utilities on GitHub are included for deployment and further customization.