Abel [work] — Cain

To crack NTLM hash captured by Cain (or any tool):

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(often referred to simply as "Cain") is a legacy password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows operating systems, developed by Massimiliano Montoro (known as "Oxid"). Active primarily between 1998 and 2014, it was one of the most popular tools in the "security auditing" and "ethical hacking" categories. While obsolete today, its architecture and attack methods remain foundational to understanding modern credential theft techniques. To crack NTLM hash captured by Cain (or

Developed by Massimiliano Montoro, Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. Unlike modern tools that focus solely on brute-forcing hashes, Cain was designed as a comprehensive suite for network sniffing, traffic analysis, and password recovery. While obsolete today, its architecture and attack methods

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If Cain is considered "old" (last updated around 2014), why learn it?