Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, 3rd Edition

Chapter 5

Google’s Part in an Information Collection Framework

Abstract

This chapter will cover automated searches, data mining and collecting useful search terms.

Keywords

automating searches

data mining

collecting search terms

Introduction

There are various reasons for hacking. When most of us hear hacker we think about computer and network security, but lawyers, salesmen, and policemen are also hackers at heart. It’s really a state of mind and a way of thinking rather than a physical attribute. Why do people hack? There are a couple of motivators, but one specific reason is to be able to know things that the ordinary man on the street doesn’t. From this many of the other motivators stem out. Knowledge is power – there’s a rush to seeing what ...