r/ethicalhacking is a subreddit with 83k members. The community frequently discusses university, learning, website, and ai tool, and the most common flair used is ctf, tool, other, security, and discussion.
A forum for discussion on penetration testing, otherwise known as ethical hacking.
Popular Topics in r/ethicalhacking
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University
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Learning
1 post
#3
Website
1 post
#4
Ai Tool
1 post
Flair Used in r/ethicalhacking
#1
CTF
: "Can someone Help decrypting the flag from this Image"
2 posts
#2
Tool
: "I created (AI helped lol) a tool to analyze and understand pcap files, with a MiTM section"
2 posts
#3
Other
: "If you want to relax, have a look here."
1 post
#4
Security
: "It was not shocking because of the exploit but of the fact that No one noticed the vulnerability for such a long time. Truly Shocking. God knows how many such vulnerabilities are still not found and we are using these technologies on a day to day basis."
1 post
#5
Discussion
: "What's the hardest part of learning ethical hacking?"
1 post
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Last updated: November 6, 2026