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Re: Google getting smarter ?!?!


From: Mariano Nuñez Di Croce <mnunez () cybsec com>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:25:17 -0300

Just a little PoC:

inurl: admin.php --> Blocked.

inurl: admin.PHP --> Pass

inurl:"admin php" --> Pass

anything different than .php (for example: .pHp) will work..

It seems that Google guys are just searching for predefined strings...not so smart!

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William Allsopp wrote:


John,

This is almost certainly in response to the recent release of Foundstone's
script kiddie tool du jour: Sitedigger 2.0, which would likely have increased
this kind of traffic a hundred fold. Google is 'getting smarter' but not to a
great degree. For example, you are correct that a search on admin.php will flag,
but you can still manipulate the search to get around that. Experiment. However,
this is probably the beginning of the end for google hacking and we can expect
to see considerably more search filtering being put in place.


Regards,

WA






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Hi,

I noticed today that a simple search in Google using
inurl causes Google to display this message when you
try to access the second page:

===================================================

We're sorry...
... but we can't process your request right now. A
computer virus or spyware application is sending us
automated requests, and it appears that your computer
or network has been

<snip>





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