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Google Dorking for Information Gathering

Use advanced Google search operators to find sensitive information exposed on the web.

What is Google Dorking?

Google Dorking (Google Hacking) uses advanced search operators to find sensitive information indexed by Google. Security professionals use it for recon; attackers use it to find exposed data, login pages, and vulnerable servers.

Core Search Operators

Essential Google operators:

site:example.com              # all pages on a domain
filetype:pdf site:example.com  # PDFs on a domain
intitle:"index of" site:gov    # directory listings on .gov
inurl:admin                    # URLs containing "admin"
cache:example.com              # Google's cached version

All lessons in this course

  1. Google Dorking for Information Gathering
  2. WHOIS, DNS Enumeration, and Certificates
  3. Shodan: The Search Engine for Internet Devices
  4. Social Media and People-Search OSINT
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