Google HacksHow to Search Efficiently.

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Google Hacks:

Protecting Yourself From Google

What is Google Hacks ?

Basic Operators

Advanced Operators

Directory Listing

Interesting Searches

Tool

Anonymous Googling

What is Google Hacks ?:

Google hacks is all about tricks for making best use of search& making Google to perform searches that you cannot

perform using the regular Google search.

Basics: h tt p ://ww w .s ear ch en ginesh ow dow n.com/

f e a t ure s/G oogle /Including & Excluding Terms : Plus (+) and Minus(-) s igns .Eg: Russian Revolution

: Meat Free Recipes: Russian Revolution –Industrial: King –Akbar

P h r ase Sea r c h : “ “ (B e t w een The C o des). Eg: "Russian Revolution“

: “US Constitution“: “Meat Free" Recipes

Basics:

S yno n yms (~) . Eg: ~Boat

This will get boat, marine, sailboat, Etc (Similar Meanings)

And & OR : &/ |.Eg: Holiday OR Vacation

: Akbar AND King is same as Akbar King: Akbar OR King

Not Case Sensiti v e . Eg: Shabbir is same as ShAbBiR

Basics:

Currency Converter .Eg: 1 us dollars in Mexican peso

Meas u r eme n t Co n v e r sion . Eg: Cup in liters

Boolean Searching: Using Brackets & Operators.h t tp://ww w.searchen gi nes how down.goo gl ebool ean.htm l

Eg: “Meat Free" Recipes Chinese OR Indian: (Roman OR Greek) AND Mythology: ((Roman OR Greek) AND Mythology) AND Dictionary

Eg : 2+((2*2)/2) OR 2+2*2/2 (Calculator)

Advanced Operators:

Weather :City, StateEg: Weather:Mumbai, Maharashtra

Operator:Search_TermThere's no space between the operator, the colon, and the search term.

M o vie:<M o vie Name> Eg: Movie:Ghajni

D e fine : W o r d Eg: Define:Cryptography

Advanced Operators:Link:<URL> (Popularity) (Link has limit) (Cannot Combine with Other Operator)

Eg: Link:ww w.microsoft.com

Numrange:<Number Range>Eg: Numrange:100000-20000

Inurl:<URL>Eg:

Advanced Operators:Related:<URL > (Results Related To The URL Entered)Eg: Related:ww w.faa. gov

Fil e typ e : < File Ex t ensi o n> (Supports 12 File Formats)Eg: Filetype:pdf form 1040

Cache: < UR L > Eg: Cache:w w w.cisco.com

Advanced Operators:Site:<Website OR Domain Name>Eg: Site:w w w.microsoft.com

: Site:microsoft.com -site:w w w.microsoft.com (32 Query Limit)

I n t e xt : < T e xt> Eg: Intext: ”Shabbir Ahmed”

I n t i t le : < > Eg:Intitle:Culminis

a u t h or : <n a m e / e m ail a d d r ess> Eg:author:shabz

Directory Listing:

Eg:intitle:index.of server.at

intitle:index.of server.at

site:microsoft.com intitle:index.of “parent

directory” intitle:index.of name size

Interesting Searches:Eg:

intitle:index.of .etc

intitle:”index.of “ config.php

allinurl:auth_user_file.txt

allinurl: admin mdb

allinurl:service.pwd

intitle:”Index of” passwords modified

intitle:”VNC Viewer for Java“

filetype:inc intext:mysql_connect

Interesting Searches:Eg:

filetype:pst

filetype:xls username password email filetype:eml +

intext:”subject” + intext:”from” filetype:reg reg +

intext:”internet account manager” inurl:8080 –

intext:8080

“Access is denied for user” “using password”

intitle:”Error Occurred”

Interesting Searches:Eg:

index.of.DCIM (digital Camera Image)inurl:”level/15/exec/-/show” (Open Cisco Devices)

intitle:”Active Webcam page”

This table is taken from the book “Google Hacking for Penetration Testers”

D O WNLOAD files / G o o g l eHac k sSetup1. 6 .exe

Tool - Google Hacks:

Anonymous

Cached-Original-Cached Text Only (&strip=1)

Google As a P r o xy -Translator

What Is “I Am Feeling Lucky” ?????

Protecting Yourself From

Remove Your Site From Google’s Index - h t tp:// w w w . g oo gle. c o m/ r em o v e. h tml

Robots.txt- h t t p :// w w w . r ob o t s txt.o r g

Thank You

Shabbir AhmedCCIE, MCT, CEH, CCSA.