This is posted on Milis Kampung Gajah a few days ago, about Google Code that has been used as a hacking tool.
You may try it by yourself:
- point your browser into: http://google.com/codesearch
- enter this query: lang:php file:wp-config user -sample
- submit it
- see what is returned by the search engine
This phenomenon also happened several years ago, similiar like this, when Google was used as a ‘victim finder’. The hacker only needs to search the terms like “under construction”, “login.asp” or something like that
Ok, with or without this ‘feature’, hacker still have the chance to find out a security hole, but with this tool, it will add the list of hacking tools.
The hacker will always search for security hole. Sounds like a nightmare for some system administrators. But with this situation, there will be always a security update, some code fixes, etc.
Bravo Hacker!
October 9, 2006

