intitle:"live view" axis
A more accurate version:
intitle:"Live View" "Axis"
or
intitle:"Live View" intitle:"Axis"
If you own an Axis camera, ensure it is not discoverable via such queries:
Assuming you are a security researcher testing your own network or a client's authorized scope, here is how to use the dork effectively.
Step 1: Open Google
Go to Google.com. Do not use Bing or DuckDuckGo; they handle the intitle operator differently.
Step 2: Enter the Exact Query
Type: intitle live view axis hot (without quotes, but all lower case seems to work best).
Step 3: Refine the Results
Upon pressing Enter, you might get hundreds of results. Look for URLs that contain IP addresses (e.g., http://192.168.x.x) or unusual domains. Note that many internal IPs (192.168.x.x) are not actually routable from the internet; they appear in Google because a public router leaked the internal network.
Step 4: Exclude Unwanted Results To clean up the search, add negative operators.
Step 5: Assess the Feed
If you click a result and see a live video stream without a login prompt, the camera has "Anonymous Viewer" enabled. The URL often looks like: http://[IP]/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi
Common reasons include:
To master advanced search operators, you must understand the syntax. Google’s search engine relies on specific commands to narrow down results. Let’s dissect the keyword phrase:
If this query returns results, you would likely see:
If you cannot disable HTTP, change the page title. In System > Text Overlay or Advanced > HTML settings, change the <title> tag from "Live View" to something generic like "Internal Video Gateway."