We will be using the maltego community edition (Maltego CE) for several more recipes. This chapter will take us through the initial setup of Maltego. Maltego is a tool designed for data mining and discovery. It will place the information in a knowledge graph that you can continue to build and pivot from to help discover and gather information. This information can then be leveraged to expand our attack surface.
Getting up and running with Maltego CE
Getting ready
Let's ensure the following pre-requisites:
- Kali Linux is running and you are logged in as root
- Validate network connectivity to the internet
- Sign up for a Maltego community edition account through https://www.paterva.com/web7/community/community.php