Step-by-step exercises for Maltego Simulator - read them here, then practice live in the tool above.
Getting Started with the Maltego Simulator
Last updated: August 8, 2026
What you're practicing: building an OSINT investigation graph -- mapping relationships between entities visually.
1. Click "Open" to launch the canvas.
2. Add your first entity (a person, domain, IP, or organisation).
3. Add a second, related entity, and draw a labeled link between them explaining the relationship.
4. Keep building outward -- each new entity should connect to something already on the canvas.
5. Step back and look at the shape of your graph: what does it reveal that a flat list of facts wouldn't?
6. Save and share your finished investigation graph.
Tip: label every link with WHY the two entities are connected, not just THAT they are -- that's what makes a graph useful to someone else reading it.