r/ethicalhacking is a subreddit with 68k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses university, learning, website, and ai tool.
A forum for discussion on penetration testing, otherwise known as ethical hacking.
Popular Themes in r/ethicalhacking
#1
Advice Requests
: "TryHackMe or HackTheBox?"
3 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Someones can help me for how to recover My phising robbed Microsoft account"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ethicalhacking
#1
University
1 post
#2
Learning
1 post
#3
Website
1 post
#4
Ai Tool
1 post
Flair Used in r/ethicalhacking
#1
Attack
: "Spike in Venezuelan children traffic in the dark web"
3 posts
#2
Tool
: "BruceButBetter, an ESP32-S3 into a Penetration testing device — full build guide + web flasher"
1 post
#3
Newcomer Question
: "I have set-up msedge VM on virtual box, after starting it displays blank screen.whats wrong?"
1 post
#4
Ethical???
: "Why is Burp suite not intercepting?"
1 post
#5
Other
: "How to get Burp suite work Intercept"
1 post
Member Growth in r/ethicalhacking
Yearly
+15k members(27.3%)
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Last updated: July 2, 2026