I would love to take a look at these underground hacker places to see what goes on and what to watch our for… I’m guessing it’s all dark web stuff though. Are any of these forums available on the clear net?
Yes. Can you read and understand Russian?
There are others that are public: antichat, wwh-club, bhf. I'm not on it but I think the most "elite" forum is called Mazafaka and requires a substantial deposit and a recommendation from existing members.
Exploit.in is more technical than most of these forums but a lot of these people are not really very technically skilled they just have a very good understanding of how anti fraud systems work and how to circumvent them.