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Search Skills

Search Engines​

  • Some of the popular search engines are
    • Google
    • Bing
    • DuckDuckGo
  • All search engines allow users for advanced search.
  • For example: In Google, we can use the following operators to perform advanced search
    • "exact match" - Search with exact search keyword.
    • site: - Search with website url.
    • - - Excludes search results with specific term.
    • filetype:: Search based on file type.
  • Advanced search engine operators: https://github.com/cipher387/Advanced-search-operators-list?tab=readme-ov-file#searchengines

Specialized Search Engines​

Shodan​

  • Search engine for devices connected to the internet.
  • It allows searching for the following
    • Specific type and versions of server.
    • Networking equipment such as routers.
    • Industrial control systems.
    • Webcams.
    • IoT devices.
  • Shodan: https://www.shodan.io

Censys​

  • Censys is similar to Shodan but it focuses on the following
    • Internet connected hosts.
    • Websites.
    • Certificates.
  • Some use cases of Censys are
    • Enumerating domains.
    • Finding open ports and services.
  • Censys: https://search.censys.io

VirusTotal​

Have I Been Pwned (HIBP)​

Vulnerabilities and Exploits​

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)​

  • Dictionary of Vulnerabilities
  • Standardized identifier for Vulnerabilities in software and hardware products.
  • For example: CVE-2024-29988
  • CVE Websites: https://www.cve.org and https://nvd.nist.gov

Exploit Database​

GitHub​

  • GitHub codebase also contains a lots of tools related to CVE.
  • GitHub: https://github.com

Technical Documentation​

  • One important skill to aquire is to look up manual pages.
  • Some important technical documentation include

Social Media​

  • Learn to use social media to collect information.
  • Some popular social media websites are
    • LinkedIn
    • X
    • Facebook
    • Instagram