Cain (software)

Infobox Software
name = Cain



caption = A screenshot of Cain's interface.
developer = Massimiliano Montoro
operating_system = Microsoft Windows
latest_release_version = 4.9.23
latest_release_date = release date and age|2008|10|3
genre = password cracking
license = Freeware
website = http://www.oxid.it

Cain and Abel is a free Windows password recovery tool, though its authors offer an option to donate. 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.Cain and Abel is maintained by Massimiliano Montoro.

Status with Virus ScannersSome virus scanners, notably Avast! detect Cain and Abel as 'malware' "Win32:Cain-B [Tool] ".It's classified in Avast! as "Other potentially dangerous program".The author, and owner of oxid.it states that his programs are not Malware. Even if Cain's install directory, as well as the word "Cain", are added to Avast's exclude list, the real-time scanner will stop Cain from functioning.The latest version of Avast no longer blocks Cain.

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) 3DES
** 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

See also

* Black-hat hacker
* Hacker (computer security)
* Password cracking

External links

* http://www.oxid.it/cain.html