Jack Maginnes

Jack Maginnes

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ABOUT ME
Low-Level Systems Engineer and Vulnerability Researcher
Low-Level Systems Engineer and Vulnerability Researcher

Hello! I'm an experienced vulnerability researcher and pentester with expierence securing and hacking products from Fortune 100 companes. I offer mentorship for people looking to get into pentesting, bug bounty, and vuln research - as well as general mentorship on secure coding practices. Hack the planet πŸš€

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-05:00)
Joined July 2017
EXPERTISE
8 years experience
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8 years experience | 1 endorsement
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REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(1 reviews)
Owen Meyer
Owen Meyer
February 2025
Very knowledgeable and is able to communicate his advice concisely. Jack was a great resource for me in local app decryption strategies and specifics.
EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Vulnerability Researcher
Interrupt Labs
2023-05-01-Present
● Work to discover and exploit vulnerabilities across the Android ecosystem, focusing on bare metal firmware and userspace applications ●...
● Work to discover and exploit vulnerabilities across the Android ecosystem, focusing on bare metal firmware and userspace applications ● Reverse engineer complex firmware images with Binary Ninja ● Develop security tooling such as emulators, fuzzers, decompiler plugins, and debuggers to assist in bug discovery.
Android
C++
C
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Android
C++
C
Debugging
Fuzzing
Security engineering
Security Assessments
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Security Researcher
Block Inc
2022-07-01-2023-05-01
● Reviewed emerging vulnerabilities and created exploits and/or detections to assess the company's overall exposure. ● Worked with the vu...
● Reviewed emerging vulnerabilities and created exploits and/or detections to assess the company's overall exposure. ● Worked with the vulnerability management team and development teams to implement and test security fixes. ● Assessed a range of technology stacks and vulnerabilities ranging from low-level firmware to AWS architecture.
Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability Management
Security Automation
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Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability Management
Security Automation
Software Testing
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Senior Security Engineer - IoT Pentest Team
Praetorian
2021-05-01-2022-07-01
● Conducted security assessments spanning various domains, including hardware, firmware, web, mobile, and cloud. ● Led whitebox, blackbox...
● Conducted security assessments spanning various domains, including hardware, firmware, web, mobile, and cloud. ● Led whitebox, blackbox, and graybox security assessments as a solo engineer. ● Mentored new engineers on testing methodology and reporting structure. ● Administered Praetorian’s IoT technical interview station for potential candidates. ● Worked directly with clients to understand their specific security concerns. ● Provided technical reports and presentations to client stakeholders on vulnerabilities identified over 1-3 week security engagements
C++
C
Embedded Linux
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C++
C
Embedded Linux
IoT Devices
Nessus
Burp suite
Iot security
Web Application Penetration Testing
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PROJECTS
Exploits ClubView Project
2024
Created and continue to update a low-level software security newsletter
Created and continue to update a low-level software security newsletter
Technical Writing
Low level programming
Technical Writing
Low level programming
FiiO M6 ExploitView Project
2023
Wrote a local privelege escalation exploit for a memory corruption bug in the FiiO M6 Android Kernel
Wrote a local privelege escalation exploit for a memory corruption bug in the FiiO M6 Android Kernel
Android
C
Vulnerability Assessment
Android
C
Vulnerability Assessment