Search Engines in Website Security Leak
Rizik M. H. Al-Sayyed, Bader M. AlFawwaz, Omar Adwan, Hussam Nawwaf Fakhouri, Mohannad S. Alkhalaileh · 2012
4 Abstract: Search engines should access certain website directories and specific information through queries; some of these queries can be used by hackers to access private sites information without the permission of their owners. Many websites have security leaks that allow search engines to penetrate into them and have access to critical information that are classified as private or secure. This paper aims at investigating the leaks in websites' secured information that the search engine can access through many queries, it also shows how these leaks and security gaps are prune to the danger of website security and shows the suggested solutions to avoid website vulnerability in order to overcome these issues.