Maltego Ce - An Interactive Information Mining Tool That Renders Directed Graphs For Link Analysis


Maltego CE is the community version of Maltego that is available for costless later a quick online registration. Maltego CE includes most of the same functionality equally the commercial version all the same it has some limitations. The principal limitation amongst the community version is that the application cannot last used for commercial purposes in addition to at that topographic point is likewise a limitation on the maximum pose out of entities that tin forcefulness out last returned from a unmarried transform. In the community version of Maltego at that topographic point is no graph export functionality that is available inwards the commercial versions.

What does Maltego do?


The focus of Maltego is analyzing real-world relationships betwixt information that is publically accessible on the Internet. This includes footprinting Internet infrastructure equally good equally gathering information nearly the people in addition to organisation who ain it. 

Maltego tin forcefulness out last used to decide the relationships betwixt the next entities:

  • People.
    • Names.
    • Email addresses.
    • Aliases.
  • Groups of people (social networks).
  • Companies.
  • Organizations.
  • Web sites.
  • Internet infrastructure such as:
    • Domains.
    • DNS names.
    • Netblocks.
    • IP addresses.
  • Affiliations.
  • Documents in addition to files.

Connections betwixt these pieces of information are flora using opened upwards source word (OSINT) techniques past times querying sources such equally DNS records, whois records, search engines, social networks, diverse online APIs in addition to extracting meta data. 

Maltego provides results inwards a broad hit of graphical layouts that let for clustering of information which makes seeing relationships minute in addition to accurate – this makes it possible to encounter hidden connections fifty-fifty if they are 3 or iv degrees of separation apart.

Maltego CE Features:

  • The mightiness to perform link analysis on upwards to 10 000 entities on a unmarried graph.
  • The capability to render upwards to 12 entities per transform that is run.
  • Includes collection nodes which automatically grouping entities together amongst mutual features allowing you lot to encounter passed the vibrations in addition to notice the fundamental relationships you lot are looking for.
  • Includes the mightiness to part graphs inwards real-time amongst multiple analysts inwards a unmarried session.
  • Graph export options include:
    • GraphML.
    • Entity lists.
  • Graph import options include:
    • Tablular formats - csv, xlx in addition to xlsx.
    • Copy in addition to paste.

Technical Details:

  • Maltego CE is slow in addition to quick to install - it uses Java, then it runs on Windows, Mac in addition to Linux.
  • Hardware Requirements:
    • A Maltego CE customer requires at to the lowest degree 2GB of RAM, but the to a greater extent than the merrier equally Maltego loves memory.
    • Any modern multi-core processor volition convey to a greater extent than than plenty processing power.
    • 4GB of disk infinite should last to a greater extent than than enough.
    • Using a mouse makes navigating Maltego graphs much easier in addition to is definitely recommended.

  • Network Requirements:
    • A Maltego CE customer requires Internet Access to operate fully.
    • The customer volition demand to brand outgoing connections on the next ports: 80, 443, 8081. Additionally port 5222 is needed to bring together shared graphs on Paterva's world Comms server.
    • Please banking concern notation that a Maltego customer may demand to brand connections on additional ports if the customer is using transform from tertiary political party transform vendors from the Transform Hub.