
Cracking password hashes using bruteforce, dictionary, or rainbow table attacks.These are the features that Cain and Abel is typically used for. These are the features that we chose to talk about in the presentation. It is typically used by attackers who wish to gain unauthorized access to a system, but can be used by a defender when an attacker locks them out of their system or to test the strengths of their defenses. It is exclusive to Windows and can’t be ran on Linux and OSX. It is very broad, that is it does not get passwords in only one way but utilizes many possible attacks to get the password of a system. Cain_and_Abel_Report_SeungHyunKim_DmitryVasin Cain and Abel ContentsĬain and Abel is a password recovery tool.
