Cain & Abel Alternatives for Mac

Cain & Abel is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Cain & Abel and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Cain & Abel are Ettercap, Kon-Boot, Intercepter-NG and Pyrit.

Cain & Abel alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers but may also be Penetration Testing Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cain & Abel.

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Cain & Abel

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Wireshark
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
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52 alternatives to Wireshark
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.
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Wireshark Features
Detailed packet analysis
Network Usage History
Support for Android Things
Work Item Tracking
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Most users think Wireshark is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
Ettercap
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
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Linux
17 alternatives to Ettercap
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.
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Ettercap Features
Network Tools
Based on Ubuntu
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Most users think Ettercap is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
Kon-Boot
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
18 alternatives to Kon-Boot
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.
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Kon-Boot Features
1. PortableKon-Boot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Password RecoveryKon-Boot can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
Password bypass
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Intercepter-NG
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Free • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
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Linux
Android
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Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
10 alternatives to Intercepter-NG
Intercepter-NG is a multifunctional network toolkit for various types of IT specialists.
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Intercepter-NG Features
1. PortableIntercepter-NG can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Root requiredRequires root to use Intercepter-NG, mainly relevant for Android apps.
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.

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Pyrit
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
8 alternatives to Pyrit
Pyrit allows to create massive databases, pre-computing part of the IEEE 802.11 WPA/WPA2-PSK authentication phase in a space-time-tradeoff. Exploiting the computational power of Many-Core- and other platforms through ATI-Stream, Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL and VIA Padlock, it is...

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Cryptohaze
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Free • Open Source
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7 alternatives to Cryptohaze
A CUDA & OpenCL accelerated rainbow table implementation from the ground up, and a CUDA hash brute forcing tool with support for many hash types including MD5, SHA1, LM, NTLM, and lots more!
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Cryptohaze Features
Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.31, released in 2012, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
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