Installation of Maigret Tool on Kali Linux OS

Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool in your Kali Linux operating system.

git clone https://github.com/soxoj/maigret.git

Step 2: Now use the following command to move into the directory of the tool. You have to move in the directory in order to run the tool.

cd maigret

Step 3: You are in the directory of the maigret. Now you have to install a dependency of the maigret using the following command.

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: All the dependencies have been installed in your Kali Linux operating system. Now use the following command to run the tool and check the help section.

./maigret.py --help

Social Engineering is an attack that can be performed on the organization and also on the person. Professional and Personal information collected about the person can lead to social engineering attacks. OSINT techniques can be used to get information about the person from public sites. Maigret tool is an automated tool developed in the python language which searches for the account on over 2343 sites on the internet. The results are saved in the form of reports (.pdf and .html) files. This tool is available on the GitHub platform. It’s free and open-source to use.

Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux