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Maltego CE //

OSINTlink analysis

Visual intelligence graphs: start with a name or domain and watch emails, infrastructure, breaches and relationships connect themselves into a map.

difficulty Β· easy
20 min
time to first win
5
guided steps
0
students started here*

HOW TO USE MALTEGO CE

Follow the steps β€” click any step card to replay the terminal demo from that point. Everything runs in a lab you control.

maltego-ce β€” guided lab session
static view
step 01

Start with one entity

new graph β†’ drag in Domain: target.lab

Every investigation starts as a dot.

step 02

Run transforms

right-click β†’ All Transforms

Transforms query public sources for relationships.

step 03

Expand a person

Person entity β†’ email transforms

Email ↔ breach ↔ platform = social engineering map.

step 04

Pivot on infrastructure

IP β†’ Shodan/VirusTotal transforms

See the whole server neighborhood in one view.

step 05

Export the picture

Publish/Export graph & reports

OSINT without pictures rarely convinces; Maltego IS the picture.

THE WORKFLOW AT A GLANCE

β€’
Seed
one entity
πŸ”„
Transform
expand data
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Graph
relationships
🎯
Pivot
follow threads
πŸ“Š
Report
the map
LEARNING CURVE
easy β€” 20 min to first win

FLAGS & SUPER-MOVES

Transformsdata expansions
Machineschained transform runs
CaseFiletheory bubbles on graph
Hub itemsShodan/VT/etc plugins
Exportreport views

PRO TIPS

01

Slow, deliberate transforms beat 'run everything' β€” you'll drown in noise.

Slow, deliberate transforms beat 'run everything' β€” you'll drown in noise.

02

Map your OWN org/handles

Map your OWN org/handles: attackers do it to you, see it first.

03

CaseFile entities let you pin hypotheses right on the graph.

CaseFile entities let you pin hypotheses right on the graph.

04

theHarvester + Maltego = free powerhouse recon.

theHarvester + Maltego = free powerhouse recon.

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Golden rule

Use Maltego CE only on systems you own or have written permission to test. Your lab: Kali + Metasploitable2, DVWA, TryHackMe & HackTheBox β€” plenty of legal targets, zero risk.

KEEP DIGGING

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