Digital Forensics Basics: A Practical Guide Using Windows OS

© Nihad A. Hassan 2019

Nihad A. HassanDigital Forensics Basicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3838-7_9

9. Antiforensics Techniques

Nihad A. Hassan¹ 

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New York, New York, USA

 

How to mislead digital forensics investigations

As we mentioned before, digital forensics, also known as cyber or computer forensics, is a branch of forensic science that uses scientific knowledge, methodology, and rigor to aid the solving of crimes and incidents by collecting, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence to use in remedial action or a court of law. The primary goal of digital forensics is to perform a structured investigation of digital evidence and prepare this evidence for presentation in a court of law. Digital forensic investigators use different forensic ...