Case Study
Analyzing Disinformation Networks with Maltego
1 Executive Summary Over the course of the past decade, the internet has drama- tically transformed the nature of how information spreads, bringing with it both good and bad consequences. One of the most prominent issues that has multiplied thanks to the inter- net is disinformation. Disinformation campaigns leave behind evidence in the form of digital artifacts, such as IP addresses or URLs. Maltego can quickly enrich and link these artifacts to present a visual map of the campaign’s online infrastructure, thus providing a deeper understanding as to how specific disinformation spreads and who might be behind it. Map the Online Infrastructure behind disinformation The goal of the following workflow is to use Maltego to retrie- ve information related to the Iranian network infra