Hello everyone. Did you know that there is a useful tool for information gathering and recon right in your Chrome browser? Meet Google Dorking a way of searching for files or keywords in specific websites to find admin portals, unprotected files, logins, and more! Today I will teach you some basic “commands” for this tool.
how to find filetypes on a specific website or keyword
Using this you can find filetypes or names in a certain website. This can sometimes expose password lists, logins, and important files. To do so input this syntax: filetype:log or site:youtube.com filetype:pdf or site:https://www.google.com/ ext:pdf
Show all subdirectories or subpages in a website
You can use this feature to find hidden pages or just get a more detailed view of a site
site:domainname or site:https//domainname/
find a specific text result in a webpage
You can use a command like this to find login pages or info in the site or the sites source code
intext:usernames or allintext:"username" "password"
This was a tutorial on some simple Google Dorking commands. I hope that you find this helpful and have a great week!
-C_J