Advanced Google searching has been known about in security circles for some time, but it has been a highly specialised and technical topic that is definitely not for non-programmers. What Goolag Scan does is to allow even a novice to scan Google for interesting and normally hidden Web-based data, using more than 1500 customised Google search routines. Data which can be revealed by the Windows-based application reportedly includes passwords on application servers, credit card numbers and allied databases held on Web-accessible portals, company e-mail records and audit logs, and a variety of other company confidential information.

Companies protect their Web-based and Internet gateway - accessible data using ID and password systems - but the actual data pages are often unprotected. Even though the pages are not indexed in the standard sense, Goolag Scan can prise the data out into the open and allow standard keyword searching on those pages. While some security sources have played down the importance of Goolag Scan's development, it shows the increasing sophistication of hackers and really proves the point that geeks can't get laid - othwise they'd have much better things to be doing with their time!

Advanced hackers can now pass on their abilities to novice or newbie hackers using quite complex applications. The bad news (depends on how you look at it I suppose) is that the altruistic nature of the non-criminal hacking community is such that these applications are being offered for free.

Хакерската организация "Cult of the Dead Cow" (CDC) пусна инструмент, който превръща Google в автоматичен скенер за уязвимости.

Средството претърсва уеб сайтовете за чувствителна информация като пароли или сървърни слабости.

CDC стана много известна за пръв път преди 10 години със своята програма Back Orifice, чрез която хакерската групировка показа пред широката публика колко е лесно да се превземе и да се контролира един персонален компютър с операционна система Windows.

Новият инструмент, наречен Gookag Scan, е също толкова провокативен. Той дава възможност на по-неумелите потребители да откриват уязвимости и чувствителна информация на специфични уеб сайтове или широкодостъпни домейни в мрежата.

Това трябва да послужи като предупреждение за системните администратори, които е добре да използват инструмента върху своите собствени сайтове, колкото се може по-бързо, преди злонамерени лица да направят това, съветват от CDC.

 
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CULT OF THE DEAD COW, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site, also titled "CULT OF THE DEAD COW". New media are released first through the blog, which also features thoughts and opinions of the group's members.

To further the Cult's stated goal of "Global Domination Through Media Saturation," over the years cDc members have granted interviews to major newspapers, print magazines, online news sites, and international television news programs.

The group was formed in June 1984 at the Farm Pac slaughterhouse by Grandmaster Ratte' (aka Swamp Ratte'), Franken Gibe, and Sid Vicious, three BBS SysOps. The slaughterhouse, a hangout of many Lubbock youth, burned in 1996. (The burned out building was used as a haunted house for several Halloweens after that. In 2001, the grounds surrounding it were converted into the "West Texas Canyon Amphitheater," which closed in 2004.)

In December 1990, cDc member Drunkfux gave birth to the modern hacker con. HoHoCon, usually held in Houston, Texas, was the first hacker conference which invited the participation of both journalists and law enforcement. In all, dFx hosted five annual HoHoCons.

In 1991, cDc was named "Sassiest Underground Computer Group" by Sassy Magazine. Also in 1991, the group began distributing music in the form of cassette tape albums sold through its post office box. Many of these albums are now available online in their entirety.

October 1994 saw the creation of the cDc's Usenet newsgroup, alt.fan.cult-dead-cow.^[1] It was thus the first hacking group to have its own Usenet newsgroup. In November of that year, the group claimed responsibility for giving Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's disease, claiming to have done so in 1986 with a blowgun.^[2]

The cDc declared war on the Church of Scientology in 1995 during the alt.religion.scientology controversy,^[3] stating

In 1997, before online distribution of audio files was common, the cDc began distributing original MP3-format music on its website.^[4]

In February 2000, the cDc was the subject of an 11-minute documentary short entitled "Disinformation." Also in February 2000, cDc member Mudge briefed President Bill Clinton on internet security.