Dorking

Dorking

Dorking is the process of using search engines to find information about a target.

  • Google Dorks - Wikipedia CheatSheet

    Use Google’s search engine to find indexed pages that contain specific information. provides detailed information about Google Dorks.

    The most common ones are:

    site:example.com           # Search for a specific domain
    inurl: "ViewerFrame?Mode=" # Search for a specific string in the URL (exposed webcams)
    intitle: "index of"        # Search for a specific string in the title of the page (exposed dirs)
    filetype:pdf               # Search for a specific file type
  • Github Dorks

    Use Github’s search engine to find indexed files that contain specific information. This documentation can be used to craft search queries.

    Github users can be tracked using Gitive.

    The most common dork keywords are:

    filename:passwords.txt     # Search for a specific filename
    extension:txt              # Search for a specific file extension
    owner:username             # Search for a specific username
    
    # In commits
    author-name:username       # Search for a specific commit author
    author-email:u@ex.com      # Search for a specific commit author email
    committer-name:username    # Search for a specific committer
    committer-email:u@ex.com   # Search for a specific committer email