Hacking and Market Forums (Updated Sept. 2024)

Updated as of 2024-09-02

As an information security defender, it’s important that I understand the motivations and intentions of the threat actors that I face on a day-to-day basis. Luckily, the Internet is full of handy, dandy resources that help me observe these activities.

Forums and Markets, available on both the dark web and clear net, are an excellent resource of learning, as well as open source intelligence. Threat actors frequently share knowledge, as well as buy and sell data and various hacking/cracking services.

These forums and markets have a relatively short shelf-life RaidForums, so keeping up to date with the latest available sources can be challenging. Below is a list of Forums and Markets that may be quite useful for information security professionals.

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Inactive

I’ve removed the URL’s from our inactive market/forum list as crackingking[.]net is being used to serve up ads including fake chrome update malware.