r/netsec is a subreddit with 576k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news, and the community frequently discusses looking for, security, network, web application, and cyber.
/r/netsec is a community-curated aggregator of technical information security content. Our mission is to extract signal from the noise — to provide value to security practitioners, students, researchers, and hackers everywhere.
Popular Themes in r/netsec
#1
News
: "Markdown Is the New Executable: Attackers Are Dropping Agent Instructions Into Your Downloads Folder From the Web"
49 posts
Popular Topics in r/netsec
#1
Looking For
11 posts
#2
Security
4 posts
#3
Network
3 posts
#4
Web Application
2 posts
#5
Cyber
1 post
Flair Used in r/netsec
#1
Contains AI
: "Markdown Is the New Executable: Attackers Are Dropping Agent Instructions Into Your Downloads Folder From the Web"
4 posts
#2
Rejected (Tool Post)
: "CVE-2026-46633: Proving exploitability of Twig sandbox bypass"
1 post
#3
Pending Moderation
: "Reversing a DPRK-linked toolkit that backdoors VS Code, Cursor, Discord and npm, with an Ethereum dead-drop C2 and a DEV#POPPER variant"
1 post
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Yearly
+39k members(7.2%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026