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* Google hacking optimizing search results Faris Aloul November 2011 Contents What is Google hacking? Basic operators Advanced operators Mixing different operators What is Google hacking? Its not hacking into Google servers! Google hacking is using different Google operators to effectively optimize search results. It also involves using Google to identify vulnerabilities in websites. Results are highly customizable. Basic operators ? For inclusion of something common (+) Words that are commonly used, like the, a, and for, are usually ignored (these are called stop words). ? Terms you want to exclude (-) Anti-virus -software Georgia -america -state ? Search for an exact term (“) “enter your text here” Basic operators cont. ? ( * ) any word (wild card) If you include * within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. Estonia parliament voted on the * bill ? ( | ) boolean ‘OR’ Ill let you guess this one on your own. Advanced operators Advanced operators use a syntax such as the following: operator:search_term ? There’s no space between the operator, the colon, and the search term! Advanced operators Intitle: Google returns results with the word/phrase found within the title of the page Intitle:index.of Inurl: Finds a specific term within the URL Inurl:view/index.shtml Advanced operators Filetype: Searches for a specific filetype filetype:pdf filetype:txt The previous operators are the most commonly used ones. Mixing operators Improvise! Inurl: intitle:index.of mysql dump Inurl: filetype:sql intext:password inurl:ftp password filetype:xls intitle:admin intitle:login Search for phpMyAdmin installations that are configured to run the MySQL database with root privileges: intitle:phpMyAdmin “Welcome to phpMyAdmin ***” “running on * as root@*” Johnny I hack stuff Most of this information was underground until Johnny Long put it into public hands and published the “google h