bitcoin-explorer – Bitcoin Blockchain Local Maltego Transform Pack

Author : David Bressler (@bostonlink)

About

Maltego local transform pack that parses the Bitcoin Blockchain (blockexplorer.com) and creates Maltego graphs based on bitcoin wallet addresses and transactions. Will allow analysts to look up specific addresses and identify relationships between transactions and holding patterns visually. Further, it will allow analysts to quickly follow specific Bitcoin transactions in the case of following stolen bitcoins easily and percisely with the data returned from blockexplorer.com. In addition if an owner of a specifc bitcoin address discloses the address publicly in a way that reveals their online persona or identify then it is possible to relate a bitcoin wallet address to a specific persona or identity in this way.

Directory Structure:

• src/bitcoin-explorer directory is where all the magic stuff goes and happens.
• src/bitcoin-explorer/transforms directory is where all the transform modules are located.
• src/bitcoin-explorer/transforms/common directory is where common code for all transforms are stored.
• src/bitcoin-explorer/transforms/common/entities.py is where custom entities are defined.
• maltego/ is where the Maltego entity exports are stored.
• src/bitcoin-explorer/resources/maltego directory is where the entities.mtz and *.machine files are stored for auto install and uninstall.

2.0 – Installation

2.1 – Supported Platforms

bitcoin-explorer has currently been tested on Mac OS X and Linux.
Further testing will be done on Windows in the near future.

2.2 – Requirements

bitcoin-explorer is supported and tested on Python 2.7.x

The canari framework must be installed to use this package
See: https://github.com/allfro/canari

A Google Custom Search Engine (The whole internet)
See: https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/2631040?hl=en

Google Developers API
See: https://console.developers.google.com

This package depends on the python requests package, the package will be installed when you run setup.py automatically if you do not already have the ‘requests’ package installed.

2.3 – How to install

Once you have the Canari framework installed and working, follow the directions below to install bitcoin-explorer

Install the package:

$ 
cd
 bitcoin-explorer
$ python setup.py install

Then install the canari package by issuing the following:

$ canari create-profile bitcoin-explorer

1. Open Maltego.
2. Click on the home button (Maltego icon, top-left corner).
3. Click on ‘Import’.
4. Click on ‘Import Configuration’.
5. Follow prompts.
6. Enjoy!

Once installed you must edit the bitcoin-explorer.conf file with Google custom search engine and Google (browser) API. See the requirements section above for resources to the Google CSE and API.

$ vim 
~
/.canari/bitcoin-explorer.conf

All Done!! Have fun!

Special Thanks!

The entire Bitcoin and crypto currency community
Paterva (@Paterva)
Nadeem Douba (@ndouba)
MassHackers (@MassHackers)
GuidePoint Security LLC. (@GuidePointSec)