Section 02: Footprinting through Search Engines
Google Hacking
Google hacking, also named Google dorking, is a hacker technique that uses Google Search and other Google applications to find security holes in the configuration and computer code that websites are using.
Google Hacking Database (GHDB)
The GHDB is an index of search queries (we call them dorks) used to find publicly available information, intended for pentesters and security researchers.
Metasearch Engine
A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results.
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