r/websec

8k members
r/websec is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses security, cybersecurity, web, hacking, and malware.

Popular Themes in r/websec

#1
Advice Requests
: "Best way to get early traffic to a site?"
11 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What do you think of report-uri.com?"
9 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Columbus Project - A blazingly fast, API first subdomain discovery service."
6 posts

Popular Topics in r/websec

#1

Security

: "Im a Security researcher and i've made MCP server to search for vulnerabilities"
116 posts
#2

Cybersecurity

: "Cybersecurity experts reveal the methods used for spam emails to bypass the anti spam system"
45 posts
#3

Web

20 posts
#4

Hacking

18 posts
#5

Malware

: "@npm_Malware tweets real-time Malware threats detected on NPM"
12 posts
#6

Sql Injection

: "Bypassing Cloudflare WAF: XSS via Sql Injection"
12 posts
#7

Vulnerabilities

: "Im a security researcher and i've made MCP server to search for Vulnerabilities"
12 posts
#8

Waf

: "Deep Dive into open-appsec Machine Learning Technology"
12 posts
#9

Threats

11 posts
#10

Encryption

10 posts

Member Growth in r/websec

Yearly
+115 members(1.5%)

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Last updated: October 29, 2026