Google Hacking
"Our Democracy has been hacked". - Mr. Robot
Google hacking, also referred to as Google Dorking, is a hacker technique that uses Google Search and other Google applications to find security holes in the configuration and computer code that websites are using.
This technique was made popular by Johnny Long in 2001 and it involves a variety of search engine query with advance operators.
Operator
Purpose
site
Search specific site (wikipedia.org)
related
Search for related sites
cache
Search with Google's cached version of a site
intitle
Search page Title
allintitle
Search page title
insubject
Group subject search
inurl
Search URL
filetype:env
specific files
intext
Search text of page only
allintext
Search text of page only
""
Search for exact word match
+
Search for more than one specific key
-
Exclude words from your search
OR
Combines two searches
*
Wildcard operator
link
Search for links to pages
imagesize
Advanced Image Search
@
Search Social Media
#
Search for hashtags
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