{'created': '2020-10-02T16:50:12.809Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may use search engines to collect information '
                'about victims that can be used during targeting. Search '
                'engine services typical crawl online sites to index context '
                'and may provide users with specialized syntax to search for '
                'specific keywords or specific types of content (i.e. '
                'filetypes).(Citation: SecurityTrails Google '
                'Hacking)(Citation: ExploitDB GoogleHacking)\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may craft various search engine queries depending '
                'on what information they seek to gather. Threat actors may '
                'use search engines to harvest general information about '
                'victims, as well as use specialized queries to look for '
                'spillages/leaks of sensitive information such as network '
                'details or credentials. Information from these sources may '
                'reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: '
                '[Phishing for '
                'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598) or '
                '[Search Open Technical '
                'Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596)), '
                'establishing operational resources (ex: [Establish '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585) or '
                '[Compromise '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586)), and/or '
                'initial access (ex: [Valid '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) or '
                '[Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566)).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1593.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593/002'},
                         {'description': 'Borges, E. (2019, March 5). '
                                         'Exploring Google Hacking Techniques. '
                                         'Retrieved September 12, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'SecurityTrails Google Hacking',
                          'url': 'https://www.recordedfuture.com/threat-intelligence-101/threat-analysis-techniques/google-dorks'},
                         {'description': 'Offensive Security. (n.d.). Google '
                                         'Hacking Database. Retrieved October '
                                         '23, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'ExploitDB GoogleHacking',
                          'url': 'https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--6e561441-8431-4773-a9b8-ccf28ef6a968',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'reconnaissance'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:55.709Z',
 'name': 'Search Engines',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['PRE'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}