LakTEK A Sri Lankan, A Rubyist and A Web Dude

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10 October 2006 @ 3pm

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Hacking made easy with Google Code Search

I was so bored while studing for the exams and just hit on this new Google Code Search. Oh! do you know what I was able to extract with several keyword combinations ? Whole bunch of FTP access and Database connection credentials of sites which are currently live on the net. Those credentials seems to be valid and I didn’t want to mess on those sites, so kept them as it is. It’s damn simple and even a 3 year old can be a hacker with this.

Anyway folks, better better keep your sites secure from the Google Code Spider. From what I read it seems to index all files, including the files in compressed archives found in the public directory. So don’t leave your important code there.


  • A spammer could index thousands of developer email addresses with this. Scary how simple it is.
  • Google has made a post on this issue. Check : http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2006/10...
  • Oh man. I am afraid Google might have opened a can of worms with this one.
  • It’s damn simple and even a 3 year old can be a hacker with this.


    You mean a cracker, not a hacker, I guess :-)

    Sorry, I'm anal about some things :P
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