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Figure 12.8
Using “Google Hacks” to ind password iles using crafted Google search
queries.
Figure 12.9
Google search query used to reveal all pages of a target domain.
Figure 12.9 illustrates how Google search query can yield all indexed pages for the target
domain.
Queries on the search engines yield several other types of interesting information. Internet
forum messages are some of the most ignored but highly revealing sources of sensitive organi-
zational information. Users in the organization often post messages on Internet forums about
certain issues or problems they are facing at work. For instance, an application developer might
post some questions on an Internet forum about a problem he/she is having trying to perform
database encryption. Some of these individuals post these messages with their names, their
organization's name, the type of software project they are working on, and sometimes even the
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