Cain & Abel Alternatives

Cain & Abel is described as 'Password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. 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' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cain & Abel for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Cain & Abel alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cain & Abel are Aircrack-ng, John the Ripper, Kon-Boot and Ettercap.

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Cain & Abel alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers but may also be Penetration Testing Tools or Network Monitors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cain & Abel.
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Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and...

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Cain & Abel alternatives page was last updated Jan 16, 2020
  1. Wireshark icon
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    Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.

    55 Wireshark alternatives
    Wireshark screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey

    Wireshark Features

    1.  Detailed packet analysis
    2.  Network Usage History
    3.  Support for Android Things
    4.  Website Monitoring
    5.  Work Item Tracking
    6.  Command line interface
    Wireshark iconCain & Abel Icon

    Wireshark VS Cain & Abel

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    • Most users think Wireshark is a great Cain & Abel alternative.

    • Wireshark is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cain & Abel.

    • Wireshark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cain & Abel.

    • Wireshark is Free and Open SourceCain & Abel is Free and Proprietary
  2. Aircrack-ng icon
     69 likes

    Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack...

    7 Aircrack-ng alternatives
    KEY FOUND

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Fern Wifi Cracker

    Aircrack-ng Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    Aircrack-ng iconCain & Abel Icon

    Aircrack-ng VS Cain & Abel

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    Comments about Aircrack-ng as an Alternative to Cain & Abel
     
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    Cain and Abel can do more things

    Negative commentOct 4, 2017
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    • Most users think Aircrack-ng is a great Cain & Abel alternative.

    • Aircrack-ng is Free and Open SourceCain & Abel is Free and Proprietary
  3. John the Ripper icon
     29 likes

    John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix, Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix systems, supported...

    15 John the Ripper alternatives
    John the Ripper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    John the Ripper Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    John the Ripper iconCain & Abel Icon

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  4. Kon-Boot icon
     16 likes

    Kon-Boot is an application which will silently bypass the authentication process of Windows based operating systems. Without overwriting your old password! In other words you can login to your Windows profile without knowing your password.

    13 Kon-Boot alternatives
    Kon-Boot screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Kon-Boot Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery
    3.  Password bypass
    Kon-Boot iconCain & Abel Icon

    Kon-Boot VS Cain & Abel

    Is Kon-Boot a good alternative to Cain & Abel?
     
    • Some users think Kon-Boot is a great Cain & Abel alternative, some don't.

    • Kon-Boot is the most popular commercial alternative to Cain & Abel.

    • Kon-Boot is Paid and ProprietaryCain & Abel is Free and Proprietary
  5. Ettercap icon
     18 likes

    Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks.

    17 Ettercap alternatives
    Ettercap screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ettercap Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Based on Ubuntu
    Ettercap iconCain & Abel Icon

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  6. ophcrack icon
     28 likes

    Ophcrack is a Windows Password cracker based on Rainbow Tables.

    Features

    Cracks LM and NTLM Windows hashes Free tables available for Windows XP, Vista and 7 Brute-force module for simple passwords Audit mode and CSV export Real-time graphs to analyze the pas.

    9 ophcrack alternatives
    ophcrack screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    ophcrack Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    ophcrack iconCain & Abel Icon

    ophcrack VS Cain & Abel

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  7. Intercepter-NG icon
     14 likes

    Intercepter-NG is a multifunctional network toolkit for various types of IT specialists.

    10 Intercepter-NG alternatives
    Android App

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad

    Intercepter-NG Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Root required
    3.  Jailbreak required
    Discontinued

    App unavailable on Play Store and website is flagged by modern browsers as potentially malicious.

    Warning

    Website blocked by modern browsers as possible trojan.

    Intercepter-NG iconCain & Abel Icon

    Intercepter-NG VS Cain & Abel

    Is Intercepter-NG a good alternative to Cain & Abel?
     
    • Almost everyone thinks Intercepter-NG is a great Cain & Abel alternative.

    • Intercepter-NG is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Cain & Abel.

    • Intercepter-NG is Free and ProprietaryCain & Abel is also Free and Proprietary
  8. hashcat icon
     19 likes

    The World's Fastest CPU/GPU powered password cracker.

    12 hashcat alternatives
    hashcat screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    hashcat Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery
    hashcat iconCain & Abel Icon

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  9. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor icon
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    Windows stores its user information, including crypted versions of the passwords, in a file called 'sam', usually found in \windows\system32\config. This file is a part of the registry, in a binary format previously undocumented, and not easily accessible.

    12 Offline NT Password & Registry Editor alternatives
    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery
    Discontinued

    The last update was in 2014.

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor iconCain & Abel Icon

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor VS Cain & Abel

    Is this a good alternative to Cain & Abel?
     
  10. Trinity Rescue Kit icon
     8 likes

    Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.

    29 Trinity Rescue Kit alternatives
    Trinity Rescue Kit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Trinity Rescue Kit Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  Windows repair
    Trinity Rescue Kit iconCain & Abel Icon

    Trinity Rescue Kit VS Cain & Abel

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  11. recALL icon
     7 likes

    recALL is free and portable multifunctional password recovery and auditing solution for Windows - instantly finds and recovers passwords from more than 200 popular applications (FTP, E-mail clients, Instant Messengers, Browsers) and recovering licenses from over 2800 programs.

    7 recALL alternatives
    Main screen

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    recALL Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  Portable
    recALL iconCain & Abel Icon

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  12. reaver icon
     15 likes

    Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases. Reaver has been designed to be a robust and practical attack against WPS, and has been tested against a wide variety of access points and WPS...

    11 reaver alternatives
    reaver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    reaver Features

    1.  Network Scanner
    2.  Network Tools
    reaver iconCain & Abel Icon

    reaver VS Cain & Abel

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