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Google HackingPage 1Google Hackinghttp://informationsecurity.techtarg et.com/magItem/0291266sid42_gci116920400.h tmlby: Michael S. MimosoIssue: Mar 2006A simple search can expose security secrets. Black hats are aware of it. Are you?Dorks love Google. Being a Googledork however is nothing to aspire to. Yes that's an actual term. Haven't heard of it? Well it's about time you did. Googledork refers to anyone who has unknowinglyexposed sensitive information on the Web enabling search engines to index material that wasn't intended for public consumption. Are you a Googledork? Are your coworkers? Think long and hard. Then do a pen test to make sure you and your company are in the clear. You might be surprised at what you find. Google hackingthe practice of using specially crafted search engine queries to cull information about a targetis now a feather invirtually every black hat's cap. They're pulling off real intrusions using real information gleaned from the simplest of queries on Google and other search engines to attack unsuspecting companies. And they do it without leaving a trace. What should worry CISOs most? There's the troubling fact that you may be unaware that your company's sensitive information is asitting duck on the Internet. Just as disturbing though is the alarming simplicity with which these hacks can be executed. All the tools to pull off a successful Google hack are readily available on the Internet. Security practitioners are starting to learn that this is more than silly Web gibberish. If it's your job to secure information being aGoogledork could land you in the unemployment line. You can't be in the dark about this phenomenon...or how to keep from falling prey to it. So Simple It's ScaryJohnny Long literally wrote the book on the subject: Google Hacking for Penetration Testers. A white hat Long created a site (http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/) that hosts the Google Hacking Database (GHDB) a trove of queries that admittedly have value to hackers a ...

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