Search Engines and Google Dorking

Google Dorks

Google hacking / Dorking utilizes Google's advanced search engine features, which allow you to pick out custom content. You can, for instance, pick out results from a certain domain name using the site: filter

Filter	Example	Description
site	site:tryhackme.com	returns results only from the specified website address
inurl	inurl:admin	returns results that have the specified word in the URL
filetype	filetype:pdf	returns results which are a particular file extension
intitle	intitle:admin	returns results that contain the specified word in the title
	intitle:ethical.hacker	dot represents the space
IP	IP:10.10.10.10	works on bing. Use to check which websites are hosted on an IP address
linkfromdomain	linkfromdomain:cehpractical.com	Works on Bing. get all links from a domain

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curated list of google dorks

Google Advanced Search

Google Advanced Search is a set of specialized search features and filters that allow users to refine their search queries to find more precise and specific results. It offers a range of tools beyond the basic search bar, enabling users to tailor their searches based on various criteria.

Google Advanced Searchwww.google.com

Tips

Using double quotes, restrict the results to exact search. (Works on Google,bing)

You can use multiple conditional operators with google dorks

Asterisk can be used as placeholder.

Sometimes you can find cache content on bing if you do not find cache on google.

Web Search Engines

Search Engine	URL	Remarks
Bing	https://www.bing.com/
Yandex	https://yandex.com/	Russian. Has very good image recognition algorithm
Baidu	https://www.baidu.com/	Chinese
DuckDuckGo	https://duckduckgo.com/	Privacy preserving search Engine

IntelTechniques Search Toolinteltechniques.com

Combine Search Engine

S3 Bucket Search

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Google Drive Search

de🔸digger find public files in Google Drivededigger

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