Maltego
E192903
Maltego is a graphical link analysis and data mining tool widely used in digital forensics and open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maltego canonical | 4 |
| Maltego CE | 1 |
| Maltego Classic | 1 |
| Maltego Technologies | 1 |
| Maltego XL | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maltego Context triple: [Kali Linux, includesTool, Maltego]
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A.
Cloudesley
Cloudesley is a lesser-known 1830 novel by William Godwin that explores themes of inheritance, identity, and moral responsibility within a Gothic-influenced narrative.
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B.
Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack‑ng is an open-source suite of tools used for auditing and cracking Wi‑Fi network security, including WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.
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C.
SolarWinds
SolarWinds is an American software company best known for its IT infrastructure management tools and for being at the center of a major 2020 supply-chain cyberattack.
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D.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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E.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maltego Target entity description: Maltego is a graphical link analysis and data mining tool widely used in digital forensics and open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
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A.
Cloudesley
Cloudesley is a lesser-known 1830 novel by William Godwin that explores themes of inheritance, identity, and moral responsibility within a Gothic-influenced narrative.
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B.
Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack‑ng is an open-source suite of tools used for auditing and cracking Wi‑Fi network security, including WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.
-
C.
SolarWinds
SolarWinds is an American software company best known for its IT infrastructure management tools and for being at the center of a major 2020 supply-chain cyberattack.
-
D.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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E.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OSINT tool
ⓘ
data mining tool ⓘ digital forensics tool ⓘ graphical link analysis tool ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| canIntegrateWith |
Have I Been Pwned
ⓘ
Shodan ⓘ VirusTotal ⓘ various commercial threat intelligence feeds ⓘ |
| developer |
Maltego Technologies
ⓘ
linked to:
Maltego
Paterva ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
API access
ⓘ
collaboration features ⓘ entity-based data model ⓘ export of graphs and reports ⓘ graph-based visualization ⓘ integration with external data sources ⓘ interactive link analysis ⓘ transform-based data enrichment ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
data mining
ⓘ
digital forensics investigations ⓘ link analysis ⓘ open-source intelligence gathering ⓘ |
| licenseType | proprietary ⓘ |
| offersEdition |
Maltego CE
ⓘ
linked to:
Maltego
Maltego Classic ⓘ
linked to:
Maltego
Maltego XL ⓘ
linked to:
Maltego
commercial edition ⓘ community edition ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsTask |
attack surface mapping
ⓘ
cybercrime investigation ⓘ due diligence ⓘ entity relationship analysis ⓘ fraud investigation ⓘ infrastructure mapping ⓘ network analysis ⓘ person-of-interest profiling ⓘ threat intelligence analysis ⓘ |
| usedBy |
OSINT investigators
ⓘ
digital forensics analysts ⓘ law enforcement agencies ⓘ penetration testers ⓘ security researchers ⓘ threat intelligence teams ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
entities
ⓘ
links ⓘ transforms ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Java ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maltego Description of subject: Maltego is a graphical link analysis and data mining tool widely used in digital forensics and open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maltego
linked to: Maltego
linked to: Maltego