The query "inurl -.com.my index.php id" is a classic example of a "Google Dork," a specialized search string used to uncover specific technical structures—and often vulnerabilities—on the web.
Correction: Most security researchers intend this query to be inurl:index.php?id with a filter to exclude Malaysian commercial sites (.com.my). However, as written tightly (-.com.my), Google may interpret it as "exclude the phrase .com.my". So why include it? It might be a typo intended to broaden the search to sites not in the .com.my TLD, or to focus on subdomains. For the sake of this analysis, we will treat the query as targeting index.php with an id parameter, while loosely filtering out standard Malaysian commercial domains. inurl -.com.my index.php id
Input Validation: Ensure the id is always a number and nothing else. The query "inurl -
: This pattern indicates a dynamic webpage that fetches content from a database based on the numerical ID provided. These are frequent targets for SQLi testing. Open Google (or a privacy-focused meta-search engine)
inurl -.com.my index.php idUsing the search above, a black-hat hacker might find:
http://vulnerable-site.com/index.php?id=5
The query "inurl -.com.my index.php id" is a classic example of a "Google Dork," a specialized search string used to uncover specific technical structures—and often vulnerabilities—on the web.
Correction: Most security researchers intend this query to be inurl:index.php?id with a filter to exclude Malaysian commercial sites (.com.my). However, as written tightly (-.com.my), Google may interpret it as "exclude the phrase .com.my". So why include it? It might be a typo intended to broaden the search to sites not in the .com.my TLD, or to focus on subdomains. For the sake of this analysis, we will treat the query as targeting index.php with an id parameter, while loosely filtering out standard Malaysian commercial domains.
Input Validation: Ensure the id is always a number and nothing else.
: This pattern indicates a dynamic webpage that fetches content from a database based on the numerical ID provided. These are frequent targets for SQLi testing.
inurl -.com.my index.php idUsing the search above, a black-hat hacker might find:
http://vulnerable-site.com/index.php?id=5