Google Hacking

Google Hacking is the latest buzzword in the e-commerce world where Google applications including the extremely popular search engine is being used by the hackers to get access to personal information of the users by finding loop holes in computer codes and configurations used by the website. Though insecure websites are the easiest targets for Google hacking but hackers are now making use of carefully deduced combinations to reach confidential files stored on network hardware.
Google hacking is also being used to hack network hardware; use cached printing pages and could even snoop security cameras. Thus Google Hacking can be defined as a data mining technique that is used by hackers to discover sensitive data that is mistakenly being posted on public website. Hackers examine all the hidden recesses of an unsecured website that are not revealed during daily Google searches. Google hackers also take advantage of sensitive information that has been accidentally put on website or if the sensitive areas of the websites have not been properly configured.

How Google has become a powerful hacker’s tool in today’s information age
The term “Google Hacking” first emerged in early 2000’s but has become the biggest source of mischief in the recent times when more and more people are finding it next to impossible to find information without Google. Google has become a powerful hacker tool thanks to lot of automated scripts that are available online which can be used to unearth confidential information. These automated programs are making use of flaws present in the website to get access to private details like credit card numbers or public file that contain bank passwords and network details. Now private information is easily available in World Wide Web which further increases the chances of identity thefts using Google Hacking. As while doing Google search you do website mapping, search directory listing, perform CGI scanning and get information about web server which helps them to get lot of secure information. Google Hacking is also being used in this informative age by Virus and Trojan creators to develop programs that can automatically find insecure vulnerable systems
Google search often adds some vulnerable files to its indexes during search procedures. These files can then easily be Google search often adds some vulnerable files to its indexes during search procedures. These files can then easily be located by the hackers manually or by making use of certain automated scripts.