Maltego Configuration Instructions

OSRFramework was conceived to interact with third party applications. One of the first approaches was to be compatible with Maltego.

Maltego Installation

Maltego is a Java application developed by Paterva that tries to make OSINT easier for the analyst. Although it is not a free software project, there is a Community Version that can be used without commercial purposes. It can be downloaded for your current OS directly from Paterva's website:

http://www.paterva.com/web6/products/download2.php

Follow the instructions there. Afterwards, you will be able to launch the app and use the different tools developed by third parties.

Configuring Maltego to Work with OSRFramework Transforms and entities

Although others have opted for deploying transforms in the cloud in Maltego transform hubs, OSRFramework transforms are deployed locally. They are Python scripts that convert OSRFramework conventional output to a Maltego-like format that can be interpreted by the client conveniently.

The entities and transforms created ad-hoc are shipped within the setup script. It will create a .mtz file in the OSRFramework home and under the default folder inside the application folder (just in case a disaster happends ;)).

# Under Linux...
~/osrframework-maltego-settings_<VERSION>.mtz
~/.config/OSRFramework/default/osrframework-maltego-settings_<VERSION>.mtz

Once you have located it, you will then have to import this file in Maltego by clicking the Menu --> Import --> Import configuration. You might have to manually check all the types in the installer assistant.