Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 180

Your company suspects a potential security breach and has hired you as a Certified Ethical Hacker to investigate. You discover evidence of footprinting through search engines and advanced Google hacking techniques. The attacker utilized Google search operators to extract sensitive information. You further notice queries that indicate the use of the Google Hacking Database (CHDB) with an emphasis on VPN footprinting. Which of the following Google advanced search operators would be the LEAST useful in providing the attacker with sensitive VPN-related information?

Answer options

• A. location: This operator finds information for a specific location
• B. inurl: This operator restricts the results to only the pages containing the specified word in the URL
• C. link: This operator searches websites or pages that contain links to the specified website or page
• D. intitle: This operator restricts results to only the pages containing the specified term in the title

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as the location: operator is focused on geographical data, which is less relevant for obtaining VPN-related sensitive information. The inurl:, link:, and intitle: operators are more directly applicable to searching for specific terms or links that may reveal VPN-related data, making them more useful in this context.