You can locate exposed directory indexes using Google dorks (advanced search operators):
intitle:"index of" "last modified" "parent directory"
intitle:"index of" "modified" "size" "description"
"index of /" "last modified" mp4
To specifically find recently updated files, combine with date ranges in manual inspection. index of files updated
location /files
autoindex on;
autoindex_exact_size off; # Human-readable sizes
autoindex_localtime on; # Use server local time
autoindex_format html; # Default
To sort by modification time in Nginx? You cannot natively—you’d need a helper script (PHP/Python) to call scandir() and sort by filemtime(). You can locate exposed directory indexes using Google
Problem: Server shows UTC, but client expects local.
Fix: In Apache, use IndexOptions +LocalTime. In Nginx, autoindex_localtime on;. To specifically find recently updated files, combine with