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- Forensics in the field of computer science is called by a lot of names, cyber forensics, digital forensics or even computer forensics. Cyber crimes these days are happening at a breathtaking speed and the investigators need to be on par with the criminals to be able identified and apprehend them. Computers are used in almost every task like in IoT to automation in today applications rather than in the beginning times and thus it leads to higher rate of cyber crimes. It leads to the emergence of cyber forensic investigators who have the role of protecting from the various threats and vulnerabilities. This is achieved through the usage of some innovative tools and techniques as represented in this paper. This paper describes the methodologies, tools and techniques used in a digital forensic investigation and provide the insights of the best alternatives for the different situations in hand.

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