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How to run Maltego Chlorine What is Maltego Maltego is proprietary software by Paterva commonly used for open-source intelligence and forensics,. It mainly focuses on discovering of data from open sources and visualizing that information suitable for link analysis and data mining. The core focus of the application is to analyze real-world relationships between people or a group, sometimes websites, domains or even networks, internet infrastructure, and connection with online social networking sites. Maltego has gained lots of attention from security researchers, according to the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

A short tutorial for using NMAP   I hear a lots of questions like, how do we scope assets, or how do I manage my asset inventory. Well the answer is NMAP. Nmap is a quite handy tool, that'll allow you to map ip address with assets, create an asset inventory, or even  a small vulnerability scans. Here we'll talk about how to run an nmap full scan, nmap all port scan or nmap specific port scan For all those newbies out there, I’m just starting from scratch. As you all know NMAP means network mapping. This is a small tool which every pentester and network/system administrator must know. Most of my friends complain that Nmap is so vast; they don’t know how to set or why to set certain attributes before initiating a scan. To understand the working of Nmap properly, you need to how a system works in network. I’m not planning to go into core basics, but we’ll touch whatever is essential.

Scanning Assets After the initial reconnaissance, a pentester identifies the target system, as discussed before the pentester concentrates on getting a mode of entry into the target system. The scanning phase can not be limited to intrusion alone. It can be extended form of reconnaissance where the pentester learns more about target, like what operating system is being used, what services  are being run on the systems, and any configuration lapses if any of it can be identified. The pentester can then strategize his/her attack, factoring in these aspects. Footprinting is the first phase of pentesting, in which the pentester gains information about the target, passively or actively. Footprinting alone is not enough for pentesting because it will only give the pentester an overview or primary information about the target. The pentester can use this primary information in the next phase to gather even more in-depth details about the target. This process of gathering in-depth