Technique

Google dorking

technique:google_dorking Also: Google dorks, Google hacking

Use of targeted search queries to locate publicly exposed documents and information supporting a social-engineering pretext.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES Google Explicit 117
incoming USES Alethe Denis Explicit 107
incoming USES Daniel Kelley Explicit 117
incoming USES Professor Dubstep Explicit 148
incoming USES Hieu Minh Ngo Explicit 162

Claims

Alethe Denis USES Google dorking

Alethe uses Google dorking to find documents and information supporting a pretext.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Alethe Denis EP 107 Details

“Usually this involves a lot of Google dorking”

Alethe Denis · offsets 23115–23160

Daniel Kelley USES Google dorking

Daniel learned and used Google dorking to find potentially vulnerable websites.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 117 Details

“This is where he learned about Google dorking”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8538–8583

Google dorking USES Google

Google dorking is described as using Google searches to identify exposed files and potentially vulnerable websites.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 117 Details

“Google dorking is where you use Google as a vulnerability scanner”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8594–8659

Professor Dubstep USES Google dorking

Jack says Google dorking can be used to find music files and sometimes content that should not be public.

Explicit Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 148 Details

“Maybe Google dorking can help. I know I’ve found quite a bit of music this way.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 5119–5198

Hieu Minh Ngo USES Google dorking

Hieu searched Google using Google dorks to find vulnerable websites.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Hieu Minh Ngo EP 162 Details

“I searched on Google with those keywords, some of the Google dork”