Mainly, Cain and Abel tool is used for the following computer exploitation(can be used for good purpose) when necessary as below:Ĭain and Abel tool needs a dictionary lists as the basis for recovering passwords. It handles some security weakness that might exist in protocol’s standards, authentication methods and caching mechanisms. It covers some security aspects/weakness present in protocol’s standards, authentication methods and caching mechanisms its main purpose is the simplified recovery of passwords and credentials from various sources, however it also ships some “non standard” utilities for Microsoft Windows users.Ĭain and Abel tool allows easy recovery of many kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary list, Brute-Force(the hard way) and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding encryption, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, revealing cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.
The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems.