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'''Maltego''' is a software<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paterva.com/web7/docs/faq.php#1 |title=Paterva FAQ|website=Paterva.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> used for [[open-source intelligence]] and [[forensics]], developed by Paterva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paterva.com/|title=Paterva Home|website=Paterva.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> Maltego focuses on providing a library of transforms for discovery of data from open sources, and visualizing that information in a graph format, suitable for [[link analysis]] and [[data mining]]. As of 2018, the team of Maltego Technologies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maltego.com/|title=Maltego Home|website=Maltego.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}</ref> headquartered in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] has taken responsibility for all global customer-facing operations.
'''Maltego''' is software<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paterva.com/web7/docs/faq.php#1 |title=Paterva FAQ|website=Paterva.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> used for [[open-source intelligence]] and [[forensics]], developed by Paterva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paterva.com/|title=Paterva Home|website=Paterva.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> Maltego focuses on providing a library of transforms for discovery of data from open sources, and visualizing that information in a graph format, suitable for [[link analysis]] and [[data mining]]. As of 2018, the team of Maltego Technologies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maltego.com/|title=Maltego Home|website=Maltego.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}</ref> headquartered in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] has taken responsibility for all global customer-facing operations.


Maltego permits creating custom entities, allowing it to represent any type of information in addition to the basic entity types which are part of the software. The basic focus of the application is analyzing real-world relationships ([[social network]]s and [[computer networks]] [[network node|nodes]]) between people, groups, Webpages, domains, networks, internet infrastructure, and affiliations with [[online service]]s such as Twitter and Facebook. Among its data sources are [[DNS record]]s, [[whois]] records, [[search engine]]s, [[online social network]]s, various [[API]]s and various [[meta data]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Maltego CE | website=paterva.com | url=https://www.paterva.com/web7/buy/maltego-clients/maltego-ce.php | ref={{sfnref | paterva.com}} | access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
Maltego permits creating custom entities, allowing it to represent any type of information in addition to the basic entity types which are part of the software. The basic focus of the application is analyzing real-world relationships ([[social network]]s and [[computer networks]] [[network node|nodes]]) between people, groups, Webpages, domains, networks, internet infrastructure, and affiliations with [[online service]]s such as Twitter and Facebook. Among its data sources are [[DNS record]]s, [[whois]] records, [[search engine]]s, [[online social network]]s, various [[API]]s and various [[meta data]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Maltego CE | website=paterva.com | url=https://www.paterva.com/web7/buy/maltego-clients/maltego-ce.php | ref={{sfnref | paterva.com}} | access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:00, 13 May 2020

Initial release2007
Stable release
4.2.9 / 2020
Preview release
4.2.7 / 2019
Written inJava
PlatformLinux, macOS, Windows
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.maltego.com/product-features/ Edit this on Wikidata

Maltego is software[1] used for open-source intelligence and forensics, developed by Paterva.[2] Maltego focuses on providing a library of transforms for discovery of data from open sources, and visualizing that information in a graph format, suitable for link analysis and data mining. As of 2018, the team of Maltego Technologies[3] headquartered in Munich, Germany has taken responsibility for all global customer-facing operations.

Maltego permits creating custom entities, allowing it to represent any type of information in addition to the basic entity types which are part of the software. The basic focus of the application is analyzing real-world relationships (social networks and computer networks nodes) between people, groups, Webpages, domains, networks, internet infrastructure, and affiliations with online services such as Twitter and Facebook. Among its data sources are DNS records, whois records, search engines, online social networks, various APIs and various meta data.[4]

It is used by security researchers and private investigators.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paterva FAQ". Paterva.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Paterva Home". Paterva.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Maltego Home". Maltego.com. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Maltego CE". paterva.com. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. ^ Black Hat (3 August 2014). "The Machines That Betrayed Their Masters by Glenn Wilkinson". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ Channel2600 (22 July 2014). "HOPE X (2014): You've Lost Privacy, Now They're Taking Anonymity". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)