Webinar | Monitor and Investigate Controversial Figures with Maltego: Pride Month Analysis

Alongside the festivities of events like Pride Month, the Olympics, or European football championships, there is a period of heightened social dynamics where various conversations and controversies emerge, especially on popular social media and closed forums.

These dynamics include supportive messages, but also instances of backlash, dissent, and political debates. While some messages may simply reflect opposing viewpoints, there is a concern that some are influenced by real threat actors executing ill-willed strategies and potentially affecting public safety.

In this webinar, we guide analysts on how to effectively capture the pulse of public sentiment and spot patterns that may be linked to hostile networks by demonstrating how to:

1. Monitor Real-Time Chatter: Learn to identify trending topics, key influencers, and emerging controversies by starting with just a few keywords using Maltego Monitor (formerly PublicSonar) and identifying new keywords to track as the conversation evolves.
2. Conduct In-Depth Targeted Investigations: See a live demonstration of Maltego Graph to conduct person of interest and infrastructure investigations of the people behind the controversial accounts, understand their affiliations, and identify other related campaigns.

While these techniques can be applied to other high-profile events, our use case specifically focuses on the controversies around Pride Month.

Key takeaways:

• 01:41 – What is the current state of OSINT
• 04:20 – How mass events globally can affect public safety
• 09:20 – Challenges for investigators in catching instigators early
• 12:16 – How can technology enhance public safety
• 14:00 – What is Maltego and how it helps investigative teams
• 19:40 – Demo: Investigating controversies around Pride Month
• 24:41 – Demo: Identifying potential threat actors with Maltego Monitor
• 30:51 – Demo: Investigating a person of interest with Maltego Graph
• 49:27 – Demo: Conducting a quick OSINT investigation in Maltego Search