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SPOTLIGHT: Google now a hacker's tool
August 1, 2005 — 8:01pm ET
Google is great for educational purposes, but it's also used by attackers, a researcher noted at the Black Hat conference this week. A pseudo-feature that he jokingly calls Google Turds can divulge parts of a network's architecture without the owner's knowledge. Also, some kinds of attacks can be performed partially (but directly) through Google, creating an anonymity mask of sorts. Article
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