r/blackhat is a subreddit with 114k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses security, hacking, looking for, cybersecurity, and ransomware, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus recommendations.
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Popular Themes in r/blackhat
#1
News
: "A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale"
5 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "UnMapper: a tool that crawls a target, finds its sourcemaps, and reconstructs the original source tree"
2 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Inquiry about the eligibility of a startup technology project to apply — TID Project"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/blackhat
#1
Security
: "A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale"
13 posts
#2
Hacking
: "A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale"
10 posts
#3
Looking For
6 posts
#4
Cybersecurity
: "GitHub - Teycir/ApiHunter: Async API security scanner in Rust for CORS, CSP, GraphQL, JWT, OpenAPI, and active API posture checks."
6 posts
#5
Ransomware
: "Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever"
5 posts
#6
Data
3 posts
#7
Infostealers
: "a leak from "the gentleman" ransomware group confirms Infostealers were often used to establish initial access"
3 posts
#8
Tool
3 posts
#9
Credentials
2 posts
#10
Technology
: "Inquiry about the eligibility of a startup Technology project to apply — TID Project"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/blackhat
Antivirus Recommendations
1 review
#1
ESET
4.0★ from 1 review
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Last updated: July 16, 2026