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Google Hacking for Penetration Testers
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Google Hacking for Penetration Testers

by Johnny Long
December 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
448 pages
16h 25m
English
Syngress
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The Windows Registry, the heart and soul of a Windows machine, can also
be searched for e-mail addresses. It is, after all, a text file. But Google scanning a
machine’s registry? It can’t happen, right? Rest assured, a search like <filetype:reg
reg +intext:”internet account manager”> produces some rather eye-opening results.
You wouldn’t think that people would put such sensitive information on the
Internet, but as you can see in Figure 4.8, anything is possible.
136 Chapter 4 • Pre-Assessment
Figure 4.7 Microsoft Outlook Files on the Internet
Figure 4.8 Registry Files Found by Google
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ISBN: 1931836361