After the tremendously successful 2000 and 2003 security tools surveys, Insecure.Org is delighted 
to release this 2006 survey. I (Fyodor) asked users from the nmap-hackers mailing list to share their favorite tools, and 3,243 people responded. This allowed me to expand the list to 100 tools, and even subdivide them into categories. This is the category page for password crackers…
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Cain and Abel : The top password recovery tool for Windows
John the Ripper : A powerful, flexible, and fast multi-platform password hash cracker
THC Hydra : A Fast network authentication cracker which support many different services
Aircrack : The fastest available WEP/WPA cracking tool
L0phtcrack : Windows password auditing and recovery application
Airsnort : 802.11 WEP Encryption Cracking Tool
SolarWinds : A plethora of network discovery/monitoring/attack tools
Pwdump : A window password recovery tool
RainbowCrack : An Innovative Password Hash Cracker
Brutus : A network brute-force authentication cracker
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