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Hacking Google
Making Searches an Art

The internet provides untold riches if you know how to use it.  The problem is knowing the right keyword or combination of keywords to locate information.  Google brought us ways to search or to drill down through the millions (billions) of web pages with ease but there is a special way to use Google search to "hack" down to specific files and other archives.  True hackers found a treasure trove of information that was simply sitting in the open on a network that had such usable information as passwords, login codes, and personal information such as dates of birth, social security numbers, and even salary. For an  in depth discussion of Google searches go to Johnny iHackstuff .  Your IT Departments should be made aware of any potential exploits that can expose company data.

The searches listed below can be as an excellent internet resource for research or investigation.  Simply use the search syntax (i.e. intitle:) and then the search type.  Do not use a space after the colon.

Additionally all websites and their various versions are archived.  If you needed to see how a company presented itself in 2001 go to Wayback Machine.  This is an excellent tool when litigation is involved in an event that happened several years ago.  It is amazing how things may have (or not) changed since then.

intitle:  This syntax restricts a search to titles of Web sites; it can be effectively combined with other syntaxes to customize a search.  An alternative syntax, allintitle: looks for all the words in the title of a Web site; allintitle: does not mix well with other syntaxes. Example: intitle:"counterfeit watches:rolex"
inurl:   This syntax restricts a search to the URLs of Web sites.  It can be an effective way to find sites from within a domain, directory or path; it can also be effectively combined with other syntaxes to customize a search. Example: intitle:"civil liberties" terrorism inurl:cnn
Example: intitle:police intitle:video inurl:chase
Example: inurl:trainingtechniques
site: 

 

 This syntax allows you to limit a search to a site or a top level domain.  It is similar to inurl: but will not search for a site within a subdirectory (i.e., anything beyond the /).  Some advantages to using inurl: over site: are:
 You can use inurl: by itself without using any other search terms or syntaxes.
     You can use inurl: to search subdirectories.		 Example:  intitle:"hate crimes" site:gov
Example:  intitle:"retail crimes" OR "loss prevention" site:org
intext:  This syntax searches for words in only the text of a Web site.  It ignores link text, URLs and titles which makes it a useful syntax for finding search words that are commonly used in URLs or links.  It can be effectively combined with other syntaxes to customize a search. Example: intext:html site:edu
Example: intext:"google.com" inurl:help
inanchor:   This syntax searches for text in a Web site's link anchors (i.e., the text you click on get to a Web site).  Since the anchor text for a link is usually descriptive of the page it links to, the inanchor: syntax can be a useful way to limit a search to relevant sites.  It can be effectively combined with other syntaxes to customize a search. Example:  inanchor:"Google Help"
Example:  inanchor:ASIS inanchor:grants site:gov

For a fun experiment, try typing your name as a phrase with the inanchor: syntax! 

link:  This syntax returns a list of Web sites linking to a specific URL.  The link: syntax can not be combined with another syntax. Example: link:cnn.com
daterange:  This syntax allows you to limit a search to a specific date or range of dates that a site was indexed by Google (this is not the same as the date the site was created; Google may have added the site to the search engine at a much later date).  The only drawback to this syntax is that it works with the Julian Calendar, not the Gregorian Calendar (the one we use).  To use daterange: first go to the Julian Date Converter at the U.S. Naval Observatory. Example: intitle:"george bush" daterange:2454247-2454247
(this would search for May 26, 2007)
filetype:  This syntax searches for specific filename extensions.  Google searches for PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls), and Word (.doc) documents as well as Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Adobe Postscript (.ps),  Rich Text Format (.rtf) and Access (.mdb) Example: intitle:"identity theft" filetype:pdf
Example: intitle:google filetype:doc
Example: intitle:"oxycontin" site:gov filetype:ppt
related:  This syntax searches for Web sites related or similar to a specified URL.  This is a good way to retrieve categories or types of Web sites. Example:  related:google.com
Example:  related:linccweb.org
info:   This syntax provides a page of links to more information about a specified URL including a link to the page's cache, a list of Web sites that link to the specified URL, a list of Web sites related to the specified URL and Web sites that contain the specified URL. Example:  info:cnn.com

Sample searches:


 Google Search Statement		  
credit fraud This is a default Boolean AND search.  Both words must be present anywhere in a Web site to be retrieved.
"credit fraud"
 		 This search is a phrase search; the words must be in the order presented.
intitle:"credit fraud"
 		 This search is a phrase search but the phrase, date rape, must be in the title of the Web site to be retrieved.
intitle:"credit fraud" inurl:cnn This search limits the search directly above to only those Web sites produced by CNN as cnn must be part of the Web site address.
intitle:"credit fraud" site:gov This search limits the search above (intitle:"credit fraud") to those produced by government sites  (com, edu, gov, net, info, biz,ws org etc)
intitle:"credit fraud" retail site:gov This search adds the word alcohol to the search directly above.
intitle:"credit fraud" inurl:fbi inanchor:statistics

 

 This search not only looks for Web sites where the phrase credit fraud is in the title and the sites are produced by FBI, but there must be links within the sites to statistical information.  The word statistics must be an anchor (clickable word).
intitle:"credit fraud" site:edu filetype:ppt This search locates PowerPoint presentations produced by educational institutions where the phrase credit fraud is in the title of the Web site.

Phonebook

Google provides listings for both residential and commercial phone numbers.  The three syntaxes used are:

     phonebook: this searches the entire phonebook
     rphonebook: this searches residential listings only
     bphonebook: this searches business listings only

Boolean OR operators and wildcards (*) do not work in the phonebook.

     Example: bphonebook:book Dallas
     will retrieve listings for any business with the word book in Dallas
     Example: rphonebook:"john doe" Dallas
     will retrieve listings for residential phone numbers in Dallas for John Doe

The phonebook can also be used as a reverse directory.  Use the general syntax, phonebook: when performing a reverse search.

     Example: phonebook:(555) 555-1212.  Use this format for a phone number to conduct a reverse search.
    

 

 

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