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Cyber Crime Investigation:

Cyber forensic investigation is the method of detecting hacking attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks

Computer forensics enables the systematic and careful identification of evidence in computer related crime and abuse cases. This may range from tracing the tracks of a hacker through a client’s systems, to tracing the originator of defamatory emails, to recovering signs of fraud.

Cyber Gyaan:

Where is the evidence?
ANS:This digital evidence and cyber trail may be found in computer hard disks, cell phones, CDs, DVDs, floppies, USB data storage devices, SIM cards, iPods, digital cameras, laptop computers, computer networks, the Internet etc. 

Where can evidence be hidden? 

Digital evidence and cyber trails can be hidden in pictures and sound files (steganography), encrypted files, password protected files, deleted files, formatted hard disks, deleted emails, deleted SMS, chat transcripts and even in the RAM.

What cases does digital evidence relate to? 

Digital evidence and cyber trails can relate to online banking frauds, online share trading fraud, source code theft, credit card fraud, tax evasion, virus attacks, cyber sabotage, phishing attacks, email hijacking, denial of service, hacking, divorce cases, murder cases, organized crime, terrorist operations, defamation, pornography, extortion, smuggling etc.