Maltego Graph (Desktop)

Maltego Graph (Desktop) is a graphical link analysis tool that allows investigators to access complex sets of data and analyze them visually on a graph, making it easy to intuitively spotlight and identify data connections and patterns.

If this is your first time using Maltego Graph (Desktop), please install it first by following the instructions below.

1. Close all applications on your computer.

2. Open the installation file and allow the app to make changes.

If you do not have Java installed, proceed with Java installation:
i. Select the location for installing Java. ii. Click "Install."

3. Select who will be using Maltego: install for yourself or everyone using the computer.

4. Choose the Destination folder for installing Maltego.

5. Choose the Start Menu folder for your Maltego shortcuts.

6. Click "Install."

7. Create a Desktop shortcut for easy access.

Make sure you have Java installed.

1. Close all applications on your computer.

2. Open the installation file.

3. Drag and drop the Maltego icon into the applications folder.

4. Double-click on the Maltego icon.

5. Your Mac will warn you that this file was downloaded from the internet. Click “Open” to proceed.

Make sure you have Java installed.

.deb and .rpm

Double-click the file in your window manager to install the package.

.zip

1. Extract the .zip archive to your preferred location to install Maltego.

2. Run Maltego from the bin directory.

Before you get started using Maltego, you must have a Maltego ID. If you haven't created one, click here and follow the steps.

1. Open your Maltego Graph desktop application.

2. Select "Maltego ID" as your activation option.
You can proceed with Online Activation or Offline Activation.

Online Activation
If you are part of an Organization Plan, your organization's Maltego Admin will need to assign you to your organization manually to have full access to your Maltego products. Please contact the Maltego Admin within your organization to have your Maltego ID added.

1. Accept the License Agreement.

2. Click on "Browser Login" and enter your credentials on the browser window.

3. Proceed with the configuration steps and accept all Terms and Conditions.

4. Wait for Maltego Graph to install the Transforms.

1. Open your Maltego Graph desktop application.

2. Select Maltego One and select "License Key" as your activation option.

For CE users, select Maltego CE (Free) and click "Register" to continue with Maltego ID setup process or "Login" to login with an existing Maltego ID.

3. Type in or paste the License Key you should have received in your email and click "Next."

4. Read and accept the General Terms and

Conditions for Software Licenses and Accompanying Services and click "Next."

5. Select Maltego Public Transform Server.

On-Premise (CTAS) Maltego users, please find more information here.

6. Wait for Maltego Graph to install the Transforms.

Follow these steps to investigate your own email address (if you need more details, watch the video above):

- Open a new graph.
- Add an Email Address Entity.
- Change the default email address to your own email address.
- Run the Search Profiles [OSINT Industries] Transform.

That's it! If you want to try some other simple investigations, try these:

Email Address investigation – Try now
Phone number investigation – Try now
Threat Hunting with dark web data – Try now

Maltego Graph (Desktop) is powered by Maltego Data. Maltego Data is Maltego's data offering for Maltego Search and Maltego Graph (Browser and Desktop). It includes Maltego Data Pass, Maltego Connectors and the Connector Builder.

Data in Maltego Graph (Desktop) can come from different sources:
- Public interfaces, services, and data.
- Partner data.
- Internal data.

How it works
Maltego Graph (Desktop) works by sending a query against a data source, and then showing the results on a graph. To access data in Maltego Graph (Desktop), you need to install it first.

Watch the video below to see how to install data integrations in Maltego Graph (Desktop).

For more details about Maltego Data, check out our Maltego Data page.

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