Cain and Abel ( software ) - Wikipedia Cain and Abel ( software ) Not to be confused with CAINE Linux in the List of digital forensics tools. This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( June 2016 ) Cain and Abel Developer ( s ) Massimiliano Montoro Stable release 4.9. 56 / April 7, 2014 ; 4 years ago ( 2014 - 04 - 07 ) Operating system Microsoft Windows Type password cracking License Freeware Website www.oxid.it/cain.html Cain and Abel ( often abbreviated to Cain ) is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. It can recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks. Cryptanalysis attacks are done via rainbow tables which can be generated with the winrtgen. exe program provided with Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel is maintained by Massimiliano Montoro and Sean Babcock. Contents 1 Features 2 Status with virus scanners 3 See also 4 External links Features WEP cracking Speeding up packet capture speed by wireless packet injection Ability to record VoIP conversations Decoding scrambled passwords Calculating hashes Traceroute Revealing password boxes Uncovering cached passwords Dumping protected storage passwords ARP spoofing IP to MAC Address resolver Network Password Sniffer LSA secret dumper Ability to crack : LM & NTLM hashes NTLMv2 hashes Microsoft Cache hashes Microsoft Windows PWL files Cisco IOS - MD5 hashes Cisco PIX - MD5 hashes APOP - MD5 hashes CRAM - MD5 MD5 hashes OSPF - MD5 hashes RIPv2 MD5 hashes VRRP - HMAC hashes Virtual Network Computing ( VNC ) Triple DES MD2 hashes MD4 hashes MD5 hashes SHA - 1 hashes SHA - 2 hashes RIPEMD - 160 hashes Kerberos 5 hashes RADIUS shared key hashes IKE PSK hashes MSSQL hashes MySQL hashes Oracle and SIP hashes Status with virus scanners This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2016 ) Some virus scanners ( and browsers, e.g. Chrome 20.0. 1132.47 ) detect Cain and Abel as malware. Avast ! detects it as `` Win32 : Cain - B ( Tool ) '' and classifies it as `` Other potentially dangerous program '', while Microsoft Security Essentials detects it as `` Win32 / Cain ! 4_9_14 '' and classifies it as `` Tool : This program has potentially unwanted behavior. '' Even if Cain 's install directory, as well as the word `` Cain '', are added to Avast 's exclude list, the real - time scanner has been known to stop Cain from functioning. However, the latest version of Avast no longer blocks Cain. See also Black - hat hacker White - hat hacker Hacker ( computer security ) Password cracking Aircrack - ng Crack DaveGrohl Hashcat John the Ripper L0phtCrack Ophcrack RainbowCrack External links Official website Interview with Massimiliano Montoro, creator of Cain & Abel Password cracking software Crack Cain DaveGrohl Hashcat John the Ripper L0phtCrack Ophcrack RainbowCrack Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cain_and_Abel_(software)&oldid=790963733 '' Categories : Windows - only freeware Password cracking software Windows security software Network analyzers Windows network - related software Hidden categories : Articles lacking in - text citations from June 2016 All articles lacking in - text citations Articles needing additional references from January 2016 All articles needing additional references Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 17 July 2017, at 06 : 39. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is cain and abel software used for
Answer: password recovery; recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks; password recovery; password recovery; password recovery