Google Hacking for Penetration Testers - Softcover

Long, Johnny; Gardner, Bill; Brown, Justin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128029641 ISBN 13: 9780128029640

Publisher: Syngress, 2015

Synopsis

Google is the most popular search engine ever created, but Google's search capabilities are so powerful, they sometimes discover content that no one ever intended to be publicly available on the Web, including social security numbers, credit card numbers, trade secrets, and federally classified documents. Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Third Edition, shows you how security professionals and system administratord manipulate Google to find this sensitive information and "self-police" their own organizations. You will learn how Google Maps and Google Earth provide pinpoint military accuracy, see how bad guys can manipulate Google to create super worms, and see how they can "mash up" Google with Facebook, LinkedIn, and more for passive reconnaissance. This third edition includes completely updated content throughout and all new hacks such as Google scripting and using Google hacking with other search engines and APIs. Noted author Johnny Long, founder of Hackers for Charity, gives you all the tools you need to conduct the ultimate open source reconnaissance and penetration testing. * Third edition of the seminal work on Google hacking* Google hacking continues to be a critical phase of reconnaissance in penetration testing and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)* Features cool new hacks such as finding reports generated by security scanners and back-up files, finding sensitive info in WordPress and SSH configuration, and all new chapters on scripting Google hacks for better searches as well as using Google hacking with other search engines and APIs

About this title

Review:

"This book should be a required read for system administrators and infosec pros in general, as it gives a sobering overview of what type of information that should not be publicly available can be found online - if you know how to look for it." --Help Net Security

Review:

A completely new edition of the ultimate guide to Google hacking techniques

About this edition

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128029641
• ISBN 13: 9780128029640
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 234