// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/pentesting
› Penetration testing (or pen testing) is a security exercise where a cyber-security expert attempts to find and exploit vulnerabilities in a computer system. The purpose of this simulated attack is to identify any weak spots in a system's defenses which attackers could take advantage of.
// MEMBERS
90,576
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
809
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
14y
› since 2012-08-26
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
// QUICK_ACTIONS
// Recent posts in r/pentesting
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 Is pentesting really dead because of AI? I don't buy it ↑ 4 · 2026-11-04
- 02 SOW for Initial Pentest Advice? ↑ 4 · 2026-11-04
- 03 Cybersecurity Job Shadowing and Practice Interview Questions Platform ↑ 2 · 2026-11-03
- 04 Blindly clicking update / trusting the update path can itself be an attack surface...even the process of updating a vulnerable WordPress installation to a safe version can expose it to exploitation. ↑ 1 · 2026-11-03
- 05 Pentester from a third world country struggling to find a fully remote job. Where are you all looking? ↑ 1 · 2026-11-04
// RELATED_COMMUNITIES
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/pentesting about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/pentesting is a Reddit community with 90,576 members. Penetration testing (or pen testing) is a security exercise where a cyber-security expert attempts to find and exploit vulnerabilities in a computer system. The purpose of this simulated attack is to identify any weak spots in a system's defenses which attackers could take advantage of.
02 › How active is r/pentesting? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/pentesting has 90,576 subscribers and 809 posts in our index. It was created on 2012-08-26, 14 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/pentesting? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other Tech & Gadgets communities of a similar size include r/nightvision (91,952 members), r/computerforensics (91,802 members), r/Nest (91,289 members), r/wyzecam (91,189 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.