Google Dorking

What is Google Dorking, how it works? And How might a regular user and an ethical hacker benefit from it more? To fully understand this concept, one must first look at the following things, specifically;

What is google?

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products.

Google is best known for its search engine, which is the most popular search engine in the world. However, Google also offers a wide range of other products and services, including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Drive, and Google Docs.

What separates a regular user and an ethical hacker searching on Google?

The main difference between an ethical hacker's search in Google and a normal user's search is that an ethical hacker is looking for vulnerabilities in a system, while a normal user is looking for information.

Normal users, on the other hand, are only looking for information that is publicly available. They will not use Google dorks to find hidden information, and they will not try to exploit vulnerabilities in websites. Normal users may not be aware of the ethical implications of using Google dorks to find hidden information.

What is Google Dorking?

Google Dorking is a technique that uses Google search operators to find hidden information on the internet. Google Dorking is a method that employs Google search operators to find information that is unavailable through an ordinary Google search. Both good and harmful things can be done using Google Dorking. For instance, security experts can use it to identify weaknesses in websites, hackers can use it to track down sensitive data or take advantage of weaknesses.

Example of Google Dorks:

site:example.com -www
This dork will search for all pages on the domain example.com that
do not have the www subdomain.
filetype:pdf inurl:password
This dork will search for all PDF files that contain the word "password"
in the URL.
intitle:index.of /
This dork will search for all directories that are indexed by Google.
link: somelink
This dork will search for all websites that link to the website example.com
related:example.com
This dork will search for all websites that are related to the website
example.com
allintext: some text
This dork will search for all pages that contain the keyword "some text"
in the body of the text.
allintitle: some text
This dork will search for all pages that have the keyword "some text"
in the title tag
intitle: some text
This dork will search for all websites that have the keyword
"some text" in the title.
allinurl: some text
This dork will search for all pages that have the keyword "some text"
in the URL.
cache:example.com
This dork will Returns the cached version of a example.com

site:example.com -www
This dork will search for all pages on the domain example.com that
do not have the www subdomain.
filetype:pdf inurl:password
This dork will search for all PDF files that contain the word "password"
in the URL.
intitle:index.of /
This dork will search for all directories that are indexed by Google.
link: somelink
This dork will search for all websites that link to the website example.com
related:example.com
This dork will search for all websites that are related to the website
example.com
allintext: some text
This dork will search for all pages that contain the keyword "some text"
in the body of the text.
allintitle: some text
This dork will search for all pages that have the keyword "some text"
in the title tag
intitle: some text
This dork will search for all websites that have the keyword
"some text" in the title.
allinurl: some text
This dork will search for all pages that have the keyword "some text"
in the URL.
cache:example.com
This dork will Returns the cached version of a example.com

We can combine those as well, check the following example:

1) site:example.com inurl:login intitle:some text -www -video
2) site:example.com filetype:php inurl:login intitle:some text -www -video

1) site:example.com inurl:login intitle:some text -www -video
2) site:example.com filetype:php inurl:login intitle:some text -www -video

In the above first example, The Google dork site:example.com inurl:login intitle:some text -www -video will search for all pages on the domain example.com that have the word "login" in the URL and the phrase "some text" in the title. The -www and -video operators will exclude pages that have the words "www" or "video" in the URL.

More useful Google Dorks can be found here check here.

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