GoogleHackingCheatSheet

AdvancedQuerying

Query
inurl:

Description&Example
Valueiscontainedsomewhereintheurl.
Ex:preventingransomwareinurl:fbi

site:

Onlysearchwithinthiswebsitesgivendomain
Ex:windowsxpendoflifesite:microsoft.com

filetype:

Searchonlyforfiles,notwebpages
Ex:nasamoonlandingfiletype:JPG

allinurl:

Searchallofthefollowingwordsintheurl.
Ex:allinurl:blogwordpressinformationsecurity

intext:

Searchthebodyofthewebpageforspecifictext.
Ex:patientrecordintext:"indexof/htdocs"

related:

Findwebsiteresultsthatarerelatedtoyoursearchterm.
Ex:related:sans.org

info:

FindsupplementalinformationGooglemayhaveonthispage
(usefulforfindingcachedpages)
Ex:info:www.usgs.gov

link:

FindotherpagesindexedbyGooglethatreferencethislink
Ex:link:http://www.somecompany.com/supersecretfile.doc

quote

Findanexactphrase(thoughresultsmayincluderelatedwords)
Ex:MalwareHunting

+word

Showresultswiththiswordexactly.Donotincludesimilarwords.
Ex:Malware+Hunter

word/query

Donotincludethiswordinsearchresultsorqueries.
Ex:AdvancedMalwareHuntingbeginnerintroductionsite:microsoft.com

word*word

Wildcard.Searchforanythingbetweenthesetwowords,butincludeboth.
Ex:Next*Firewallswith*

OR(or|)

Returnresultsforeitheritem.Thepipecharactercanbeusedinplace
Ex:lockyORransomwareEx:locky|ransomware

AND(or&)

Returnresultswithbothitems.Ampersandcharactercanbeusedinplace.
Ex:cisspANDcertificationEx:cissp&certification

Remember,therealpowercomesinstringingmultipleadvancedoperatorstogether.
(IndexOf|[ToParentDirectory])AND*financ*inbody:xlsxsite:somebank.com