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Search Engine Utilization

Today, I will compile about how to maximize the utilization of search engine to find the information that we need. As we all know, search engine like Google, Bing, Yahoo have specific keywords that can make us easier in finding the results that we want. Below are some of the examples:

-    Use site:{domain name} to search only websites with that domain name for specific content. Example: login php site:go.id is used to search Indonesian government domain that is in the form of login.php

-    Use index of / ... to find open directory listings where a website has directory browsing enabled, allowing access to files and folders. Example: index of / CEH site:id will return any .id websites that has enabled their directory listing and has folders containg CEH related things.

-       Use filetype: ... to find specific file types in the Internet. Example: filetype:pdf CEH will find CEH-related pdfs.

-    Use inurl: ... to find certain pages with URL containing the specified value. Example: inurl:/admin/index.php will find admin portal pages. We can also use intext: ... to find certain pages with text containing the specified value. Meanwhile, intitle: ... is almost the same as inurl and intext, but it is used to find the value in the site’s title.

-    Use ext: ... to find pages with certain file extension. Example: ext:sql intext: “INSERT INTO” will search for SQL database dumps.

 

Some phrases are different between search engines. For example, the phrase “allintitle: ‘...’” works well for Google, where it returns all pages that contains all the value in the title. However, in Bing, it will not behave like that. It will only return pages that contain some occurrences of the word inside the value.

Example: allintitle: “ceh resource”, Google will return pages containing the phrase “ceh resource”.  Meanwhile, Bing does not. 

In conclusion, nowadays, there are many tricks to uncover information from the Internet. One of them is to maximize the utilization of search engine to search for sensitive or vulnerable information. These techniques are crucial for gathering information in cybersecurity.

However, accessing the data can be illegal, so always consider the ethical aspect and use the data only if you have the legal permission. I think that’s it, thank you!