Chapter 7

Ten Simple Security Searches That Work

Abstract

This chapter covers ten simple security searches that work.

Keywords

site
intitle:index.of
error
warning
login
logon
username
userid
employee.ID
“your username is”
password
passcode
“your password is”
admin
administrator
–ext:html
–ext: htm
–ext:shtml
–ext:asp
–ext:php
inurl:temp
inurl.tmp
inurl:backup
inurl:bak
intranet
help.desk

Introduction

Although we see literally hundreds of Google searches throughout this book, sometimes it’s nice to know there are a few searches that give good results just about every time. In the context of security work, we’ll take a look at 10 searches that work fairly well during a security assessment, especially when combined with the site operator, which secures ...

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