r/vrd
9k members
r/vrd is a subreddit with 9k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses cybersecurity, security, vulnerabilities, exploitation, and exploit.
Vulnerability Research and Development
A subreddit for [*high quality*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio) resources on [*technical*](https://www.google.com/search?q=define:technical) topics related to bugs, vulnerabilities, and exploits in computer systems.
Popular Themes in r/vrd
#1
Ideas
: "iOS 6 Kernel Security: A Hacker's Guide - Mark Dowd and Tarjei Mandt"
49 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Trailbot: files and logs tracker daemon that triggers Smart Policies upon unwanted modifications"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Take Two Software Updates and See Me in the Morning: The Case for Software Security Evaluations of Medical Devices by Steven Hanna, Rolf Rolles, Andres Molina-Markham, Pongsin Poosankam, Kevin Fu, and Dawn Song [PDF]"
2 posts
#4
News
: "Hospitals and national grid “will be hacked in 2016” Security. Predictions made by security company reverberate with recent warnings from UK government"
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "We Are Offering Channel Partnership/Reselling Opportunity"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/vrd
#1
Cybersecurity
76 posts
#2
Security
: "iOS 6 Kernel Security: A Hacker's Guide - Mark Dowd and Tarjei Mandt"
55 posts
#3
Vulnerabilities
: "Static detection of C++ vtable escape Vulnerabilities in binary code by David Dewey and Jonathon Giffin [PDF] "
40 posts
#4
Exploitation
: "IE9-IE11 Vulnerability and Advanced Exploitation - k33nteam (September 2013)"
28 posts
#5
Exploit
: "Advanced Exploitation of VirtualBox 3D Acceleration VM Escape Vulnerability / Exploit (CVE-2014-0983), VUPEN (July 2014)"
28 posts
#6
Vulnerability
: "Advanced Exploitation of Mozilla Firefox Use-after-free Vulnerability (MFSA 2012-22) - Vupen"
19 posts
#7
Hacking
17 posts
#8
Hackers
16 posts
#9
Windows
: "Advanced Exploitation of Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation (CVE-2013-3660 / MS13-053) - Jordan Gruskovnjak, VUPEN (July 2013)"
15 posts
#10
Exploits
13 posts
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+71 members(0.8%)
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Last updated: June 17, 2026