OSINT At Home #19 – Top 3 Google Search Hacks for Investigators

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This tutorial is part 19 of the OSINT At Home series. The tutorial is a guided walkthrough on my three most-commonly used and favourite Google Search hacks, or what are commonly referred to as Google dorks or Google boolean search operators. In this tutorial I use many examples and case studies from Sudan in showing how to use the Google advanced search techniques to provide a practical element to the tutorial, please feel free to follow along. These case studies were chosen for the purposes of teaching Google advanced search techniques and do not indicate or reveal investigations I am currently working on. TIMESTAMPS 03:36 FILETYPE searches – to search for filetypes on Google 07:45 SITE searches – to search within specific websites, or filter results down to country level domains 13:10 INURL/INTITLE searches – for searching for text within a URL or in the title of a page or site Being able to filter down Google Search results and essentially ‘hack’ Google’s search bar is so crucial for all researchers, but especially those working on investigations, as it is such a useful way to find new or hidden information and make new findings. It should be noted that by using these advanced Google search techniques, some information discovered may be data that was not intentionally made public, and may reveal potentially sensitive information about an individual or organisation. If this type of information is discovered, good ethical procedures should be applied to ensure that you are not doing harm, or furthering harm by revealing this data or adding to the data’s exposure. The OSINT At Home series is useful for those looking to find digital breadcrumbs and pick up some methods of open source intelligence (OSINT), digital investigations and good old plain research. No matter who you are, or where you are in the world, you can follow these tutorials from home with publicly available information to answer questions such as who, what, where and when. TOOLS Google Search: www.google.com Google Advanced Search: www.google.com/advanced_search MORE RESOURCES Google Exploit Database: https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database Google Dorks Cheat Sheet: https://www.stationx.net/google-dorks-cheat-sheet/ 1000 Best Google Dorks List: https://gbhackers.com/latest-google-dorks-list/ 36 Google Search Tricks to Find What You Are Looking For: https://zapier.com/blog/advanced-google-search-tricks/ CREDITS FOR THIS TUTORIAL Music Intro: World’s Fair – God Mode Music Title and End: Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400003 Artist: http://incompetech.com/