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Developer(s)Maltego Technologies GmbH
Initial releaseOctober 23, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-23)
Stable release
4.5.0 / August 2, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-08-02)
Written inJava
PlatformLinux, macOS, Windows
LicenseProprietary software
Websitemaltego.com

Maltego is a link analysis software[1] used for open-source intelligence, forensics and other investigations, originally developed by Paterva[2] from Pretoria, South Africa. Maltego offers real-time data mining and information gathering, as well as the representation of this information on a node-based graph, making patterns and multiple order connections between said information easily identifiable.[3] In 2019, the team of Maltego Technologies headquartered in Munich, Germany took over responsibility for all global customer-facing operations, and in 2023 complete technology development and management.[4]

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, OSINT APIs, Self-hosted Private Data and Computer Networks Nodes) between people, groups, Webpages, domains, networks, internet infrastructure, and social media affiliations. Maltego extends its data reach with integrations from various data partners.[5] Among its data sources are DNS records, whois records, search engines, social networking services, various APIs and various meta data.[6]

About the Products

Maltego has paid commercial desktop client softwares with options to self-host the servers.[7] Maltego CaseFile[8] is a free commercial desktop client software with features limited to offline manual graph creation.

A free Community Edition account can be created on the Maltego CE account registration page.[9] The desktop client, after installation can be activated to any Maltego type: XL, Classic, CE, and CaseFile.[10]

Maltego is commonly used by enterprises, security researchers and private investigators.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FAQs". Maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "PATERVA (Pty) Ltd (redirected to maltego.com)". Paterva.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Team, Maltego. "About Us - Maltego".
  4. ^ Team, Maltego (April 18, 2023). "Maltego Secures $100M to Accelerate Growth of its Intelligence Platform to Combat Cybercrime and Misinformation".
  5. ^ "Transform Hub - Data Partners". maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Maltego CE (redirected to maltego.com)". paterva.com. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  7. ^ "Maltego Pricing". maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "What is CaseFile?". docs.maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Maltego CE Account Registration". maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "Desktop Client Download Page". maltego.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. ^ Black Hat (3 August 2014). "The Machines That Betrayed Their Masters by Glenn Wilkinson". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  12. ^ 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)

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