Hello dear hackers. Greetings for the day..So what Is Google Dorking?
Have you become tired of seeing useless results from googling things out do you want to get exactly what you want then you have come to the right blog channel.
In this article i will demonstrate how you can do GOOGLE Hacking also know as google dorking to get the results that you exactly want. Also don’t forget to look other interesting blogs on our official site Hackingblogs.
What is Google Dorking?
In easy terms it a magical soup to your OSINT but in technical terms google dork is a special way of searching for information.
The use of Advance search query over simple query provide a ton of information that you may not know about and which may exactly be what you were looking for.
This method is used by any advance hacker that you follow or look into because this will not help you only while osint rather it can help you in finding flaws and information leak directly.
Google:Dorking Advance Search Operators
This operators are the Advance search query that will help you to find relevant and specific information that is not availabe through simple googling.
Intitle:Operator
Intitle Search Operator looks for the web pages containing the specific keywords or phrases mentioned in the query.For example looking for a page containing the term “hackingblogs” The following search query will be used intitle:”hackingblogs”
Inurl:Operator
Inurl looks for the web pages containing specific keywords or phrases in the URL. Example looking for a page that contains “helloworld.html” in the url following is the search query that will be used inurl:helloworld.html
Site:Operator
Site allows to look for data under a given site or domain. Example looking “web3” in “hackingblogs.com” following is the search quiery that will be uses site:hackingblogs.com “web3”
Filetype:Operator
Filetype operator helps in finding for specific file types i.e .txt .pdf .html .php…etc. If you are looking for “passwords” in “pdf” format the query used will be filetype:pdf”Passwords”
Intext:Operator
Intext operator looks for specific words or phrases inside the body of a page. For example looking for “hackingblogs” inside the body of a page you will use intext:”hackingblogs”
Cache:Operator
The cache operator let’s you view the cache version of the web page that google makes. In this way you can have a look of the website even if it is temprorarily down or look for older versions. The syntax for finding a cache version of hackingblogs will be cache:https://www.hackingblogs.com
Structure of a google dork
The Google Dorking involves advanced operators and search queries to uncover the information through dorks.
The general structure of a Google Dork includes the following three elements:
# Operator:The specific keyword that instructs Google what to search for, e.g., “intext,inurl.”
# Keyword: This is the input provided by the user depending on the information he needs to look for.
# Modifier: This is to refine and get better results from your searches. For example: “filetype”
Google Hacking Database
Overview: The Google Hacking Database (GHDB) is an organised list of search engine queries intended to find intriguing—and typically private—information made publicly accessible online.
The Google Hacking Database consists of ton and ton of per-written google dorks that will help you in google dorking.
It has different categories ex. “Error messages”, “Vulnerable versions” etc also you can search for your own keywords there.
Summary
To quick summaries everything up , Hackers this will be the best weapon inside your suitcase while you hack use it for your advancement and learn more on it as i have mentioned those operators which is more than enough to get started but as said the journey of learning should not stop. Here is a cheatsheet for google dorking.
