r/ethicalhacking is a subreddit with 71k 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
: "Hi My name is nolan iam pursuing degree bsc computer science, I want to learn c language, java & python in which platform i get this courses freely and also i want to become a ethical hacker ,so in which platform i go to learn plz help me plz"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Looking for someone good with cyber security me and my business partners company has been hacked twice already luckily I’m old school snd keep the stuff they wanted written but need someone who can mshbe find out who it is and maybe tighten up my system and will be paid according to skills"
2 posts
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
Tool
: "Search-engine recon in 2026"
4 posts
#2
Newcomer Question
: "Ban harmful FB Group/Profile"
4 posts
#3
Attack
: "Spike in Venezuelan children traffic in the dark web"
2 posts
#4
Security
: "How do I protect my mother from a harasser who’s threatening to expose old messages, without her having to face public exposure? Is there any way to get into his phone?"
1 post
#5
Kali
: "Setting up 2FA in ji"
1 post
#6
Encryption
: "I built a completely serverless, zero-telemetry E2EE chat app using WebRTC and Double Ratchet. How can I improve the P2P stability?"
1 post
#7
Discussion
: "Ethical hacker? Darksidehackers. com"
1 post
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Last updated: August 1, 2026