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hashcat -m 1000 captured_ntlm.txt rockyou.txt -O cain abel
| Artifact | Location / Indicator | |----------|----------------------| | Executable | C:\Cain\Cain.exe or C:\Program Files\Cain\ | | Log files | Cain.ini , Abel.ini , *.log (captured passwords) | | Registry | HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cain (if installed) | | Network | ARP cache entries with static/repeating MAC mismatches | | Memory | Strings "APR Poisoning" , "oxid" , "cain" in RAM | This document is provided for educational and defensive
Cain & Abel is historically significant but functionally obsolete . 7. Forensic Artifacts (For Incident Responders) If Cain & Abel was executed on a compromised Windows machine, look for: cain abel