How Penetration Testers Use Google Hacking

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Not a day goes by in my life where I don’t use Google search. Nothing is easier than loading up the page, typing in a phrase, and seeing 650,000 related articles come back to you -- but therein lies the problem. Google is an amazing tool but tends to over-deliver unless you’re very specific and know a few advanced search operators. In this blog post, I’m going to attempt to show some relatively simple Google hacks that will make recon a breeze, and hopefully translate over into the rest of your searches as well.