more than just malware.. [was: Google Malware Search]

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Guys, HD and the guys at Websense are obviously very cool for noting this
Google hacking technique and exploiting it (HD publicly).

Still, this thing can be used far and wide.. a lot more than just for
known signatures of malware, etc.
I was lucky enough to be playing with this for a bit before Websense went
completely public and HD made it public, so I came up with a few more
possibilities...
Also, I have cool friends who played with this and gave me some ideas
too! :)

A few examples I gave in my blog on this, inspired by Websense and then
HD's new tool, is to look for other signatures rather than just known
stuff.

For example, looking for UPX packers results in almost 10K suspect
samples:
signature: 00004550 UPX1

The PE binary part, and then the UPX section named UPX1.

Trying other combinations, possibly along with the filetype: feature, can
result in many interesting findings other than known malware. How many
packers and protection systems are out there for starters?

Also, tried any checks for open directory indexes? :)

I wrote more about this on my blog at securiteam:
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/513

        Gadi.

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