Digging up information on a business or individual is an extremely important part of information gathering. There are many programs and tools that can provide you with detailed reports on desired networks/businesses.
The one discussed in this article is a program called Maltego. By digging up data from all visibly available sectors of the internet, Maltego is ideal for information gathering and data-mining.
There are several different methods of installation. For Linux, you can do:
- (sudo) add-apt-repository ppa:darklordpaunik8880/darkminttrustytahr
- apt-get update
- apt-get install Maltego
Or download the Maltego file from the official site and do:
- cd ~/Downloads
- wget -c https://www.paterva.com/malv34/community/MaltegoCE.v3.4.0.5004.deb
- sudo dpkg -i MaltegoCE.v3.4.0.5004.deb
For network footprinting:
- Choose your machine – Company Stalker (email information), Footprint L1 (information gathering level 1), Footprint L2 (information gathering level 2), Footprint L3 (information gathering level intense)
- Input the targeted domain name
- Select “Finish”
- Utilize “Bubble View”
