General Countermeasures of Anti-Forensics Categories

Digital forensics methods and techniques have turned into a significant element in the investigation of digital crimes and gathering evidence about these crimes. The investigators of digital forensics regularly obey standard ways and use recognized methods and techniques throughout investigating. On the other hand, cybercriminals recognize which methods and tools are utilized in an examination and the way that digital forensic tools work. Therefore, they began to discover and perform another techniques assigned to anti-forensics. It foils the forensics process and tools by destroying, hiding, or modifying digital evidence and increases the difficulty of detecting the effects of cybercrimes. This paper tries to reach a standard approach for defining the term of anti-forensics, classifying the anti-forensics tools, and finally, determining general countermeasures to preserve forensics integrity.