Question

Do you agree that the idea that you could leverage a search engine to research attack targets?

Answer 1

It not a good idea to use a search engine to research for the attack targets in a network. Because attacks towards a network come in different forms, search engines also have vulnerabilities like search engine poisoning, where attackers use SEO methods to shows malicious websites and make the user enter into the sites. This type of attack is very much likely to happen in a search engine, so when researching for attack targets it is recommended to make use of any devices, software or application from credible vendors that provide user to identify vulnerabilities of a network and prevent any attacks from happening.