If you are just getting started in infosec or cybersecurity, you have probably heard of the term OSINT. OSINT or Open Source Intelligence plays a crucial role in all sorts of investigations. If investigating means to move from a question to an answer, OSINT can often be employed to find the answer. In this article,…
Update on Dec 27 2021, at 12.00pm CET 🔗︎ The vulnerable Docker version of our Comms server (Version 1.0.4) released in July 2021 is now patched. Users running a Docker-deployed Comms server on-premise are advised to update to the newest version 1.0.5. Deployments of the Comms Server via OVA and versions prior to 1.0.4 are…
In this article, we will delve into the world of Maltego and the Maigret Transforms. For the benefit of our readers who have yet to learn about Maltego, it is an OSINT and graphical link analysis tool that is used for collecting and connecting information for the purpose of creating intelligence and automating digital Investigations.…
In June 2021, the United States Government seized several Iranian sites, including presstv[.]com, claiming that the sites were spreading misinformation across their platforms. Below, in the lower right corner, you can see the image that welcomes visitors when they attempt to visit the site. Behind it, the WayBackMachine offers a view of what the site…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ Cryptocurrency has seen enormous growth in the world economy. However, this has paved the way for criminal activity on the blockchain, which is why it is becoming increasingly important to trace and investigate transactions in different cryptocurrencies. The tools to obfuscate criminal cryptocurrency transactions are constantly evolving and luckily, so are the…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ Over the course of the past decade, the internet has dramatically transformed the nature of how information spreads, bringing with it both good and bad consequences. One of the most prominent issues that has multiplied thanks to the internet is disinformation. Disinformation takes place when misleading or biased information is deliberately spread…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ Analysis of social media by Law Enforcement and Government institutions is nothing new. With a great portion of our lives constantly documented online, it’s hard to deny the usefulness of the information they harbor. Recently, TikTok users posted volumes of videos of the advancements of Russian forces across the Ukrainian border, documenting…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ In July of 2020, the “Ghostwriter” disinformation campaign targeting countries like Poland, Latvia and Lithuania came to light. A report from the Cybersecurity firm Mandiant pointed to a hacker group aligned with “Russian security interests” looking to discredit NATO in said countries since at least 2017. According to Mandiant, the hacker group…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies has led to the rise of frauds and scams against those who use them. As with any other type of cyber-enabled fraud, people are often sold on some seemingly unbeatable offer via social media or email. However, this often results in great losses to those hasty enough…
Making investigators’ Lives Easier 🔗︎ More than ever, investigators need data to solve their cases, and they need to connect this data across many sources and silos, both public and proprietary. Not only do they rely on access to this disparate data, but they also need to visualize patterns and find correlations in it to…
In Part 1, we introduced the handy Maltego automation feature known as Machines, and how to use them to further accelerate your investigations. Today, we are happy to announce the release of a new set of Machines designed for cybersecurity and social media investigations. Maltego Machines: A Blog Series 🔗︎ What are Maltego Machines? As…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ Ransomware is a type of software that encrypts users’ data, ensuring that they can no longer recover it without payment. It has been around since about 1989 and has become a very lucrative business with a bleeding impact on organizations: Financial cost of pay-out, loss of reputation, agencies’ fines, permanent data loss,…
With nearly 2.5 billion unique profiles available for searching, People Data Labs allows investigators to advance their person of interest investigations in seconds and with a single click. Founded in 2015, People Data Labs began as recruiting software intended to help companies better understand and source candidates. Today companies around the world and across industries…
With the rise of crypto millionaires flooding social media feeds and the global adoption of cryptocurrencies, a new form of scamming prevails – fake cryptocurrency exchanges – luring new investors looking to be part of the winnings. Below are some examples of the most common ways investors lose their money to scammers. Pig Butchering: Refers…
Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) is considered to be a sub-discipline of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). SOCMINT can be defined as the techniques, technologies, and tools that allow for the collection and analysis of information from social media platforms. SOCMINT can be harnessed by government or non-state actors, such as private intelligence agencies or marketing companies,…
Executive Summary 🔗︎ Maltego is an unparalleled tool when it comes to data mining and visualization, and our biggest sources of data—be it threat intel, social media, company data, or other OSINT data—are the different layers of the internet: the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web. While the deep and the dark…
What a fantastic weekend spent with OSINT, Project Hades, and CipherTrace! We at Maltego are thrilled and honored to sponsor the Darkwebathon 2022 for the second time and see through the challenges over the weekend. Hosted by the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative, the Darkwebathon is a 6-hour sprint with 3 challenges: Hash, Email Address, and…
Since March 2022, Maltego has branched into a whole new content form—podcasts—and we are super excited about it! In this article, we will introduce our podcast, The Pivot, and what you can expect from it. The Pivot: Your New OSINT and Infosec Podcast 🔗︎ Brought to you by Maltego, The Pivot is your new OSINT…
This feature interview is originally published by CIO Review Europe. The role of a digital forensics investigator in today’s cybersecurity landscape is similar to that of a detective going through a trail of evidence to solve a crime. However, to identify and analyse an organization’s fault lines and to prevent cyber threats proactively and efficiently,…
This document provides an overview of how the Echosec integration for Maltego helps investigators monitor global events, gaining insight into trends and making more informed decisions. How Echosec Transforms Benefits Cyber Threat Investigators 🔗︎ The Echosec Transform for Maltego allows users to analyze raw data from a wide range of social networks that are prominent…
At Maltego we strive to make it easier for investigators to access all types of data in a single interface. The Maltego Transform Hub is continuously growing, providing investigators a broad range of relevant data sources at their fingertips. However, navigating all the different Hub items and access options available in the Transform Hub is…
Financial Damage of Fraud and Levers to Combat Fraud 🔗︎ Virtually everyone in the developed world uses the internet, and every four out of five people worldwide admit to shopping online. Even if that only represents slightly over a quarter of the world’s population, it’s still quite impressive. ECommerce and Retail sector is set to…
In an era in which the relevance of information lies not only in its quality and veracity, but also in its immediacy, the need for tools that allow us to access important data in a very narrow margin of time is becoming more crucial than ever. For example, it’s utterly important to track a flight…
About Incident Response 🔗︎ The threats to companies are increasing despite growing expertise and investments in IT security. Companies can no longer protect themselves effectively through prevention alone. It shows that most organizations can’t detect initial intrusions (Attivo Survey, 2020) . Nearly two-thirds (64%) of respondents indicated that 100 days of dwell time . They…
About Cyber Threat Intelligence 🔗︎ Attacks getting more sophisticated, and enterprises may be targeted from adversaries with various domains and motivations. Companies can no longer only work on an incident-by-incident basis, but leverage information on previous incidents to react faster to future incidents identification and mitigation. Incident observations and the intelligence gained from those events…
Maltego Support: Committed To Empowering Meaningful And Excellent Investigations 🔗︎ The Maltego Support team cares and commits to support our Enterprise customers as soon as need(s) arise. Currently, our support team works from 8am to 6pm CET (7am to 5pm GMT) from Monday to Friday. Normally, we maintain operations even on public holidays to support…
