Indexes should never be visible by default. 4. Sanitize logs automatically Never log raw $_POST or $_REQUEST data. Strip out passwords, credit card numbers, and API keys before writing to logs. 5. Use robots.txt to block indexing of sensitive folders User-agent: * Disallow: /logs/ Disallow: /debug/ Disallow: /paypal-logs/ But remember: robots.txt is a polite request, not a security control. 6. Regularly audit Google’s index of your domain Use Google Search Console’s Removals tool to delete exposed URLs. Also use the site: operator periodically.
One particularly concerning dork is:
location ~* \.(log|txt|sql|bak)$ deny all; return 403; allintext username filetype log passwordlog paypal exclusive
Example: