Google hacking techniques

The concept of Google hacking, commonly referred to as Google dorking, is not the process of hacking into Google’s network infrastructure or systems, but rather leveraging the advanced search parameters within the Google search engine to filter specific results. Many organizations don’t always pay close attention to which systems and resources they are exposing on the internet. Google Search is a very powerful search platform that crawls/indexes everything on the internet and filters most malicious websites. Since Google indexes everything, the search engine can automatically discover hidden online directories, resources, and login portals of many organizations. Keep in mind that while Google’s search capabilities can be used for finding sensitive information, over recent years, Google has taken steps to prevent abuse of its platform.

Using Google dorking techniques is not illegal but there’s a very fine line that you...