Step-by-step guide: Google hacking to test your security
Make sure your Web site is not vulnerable to Google hacking. Let contributor and Microsoft MVP Brien Posey guide you through a Google hack of your Web site.
In a past article, I discussed the anatomy of a Google hack. In case you aren't familiar with the term Google hack,...
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it refers to using the Google search engine in an effort to pull sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, out of a poorly constructed Web application. In response to feedback from my original Google hack article, I wanted to take the opportunity to show you some ways of Google hacking your own Website to see what exactly is being exposed to the outside world.
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Google hacking to test your security
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Home: Introduction
Step 1: Identify what could be Google hacked
Step 2: Understand your Web applications
Step 3: Queries to Google hack your site -- Simple stuff
Step 4: More complicated Google queries
Step 5: Harden your Web site against Google hacks
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: |
Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with Windows 2000 Server and IIS. He has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once in charge of IT security for Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, he has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies. You can visit his personal Web site at www.brienposey.com. Copyright 2005 TechTarget |