Gavin Youker
Senior Information Security Analyst
Greater Syracuse-Auburn Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGavin Youker is a Senior Information Security Analyst with nine years of hands-on experience hardening systems and building detection across the energy sector at National Fuel Gas Company. He moved up through successive InfoSec roles from intern to senior analyst, combining operational security, incident response, and risk reduction with practical engineering discipline. An active contributor to open-source security tooling, Gavin has written and improved a Metasploit local exploit module, demonstrating deep familiarity with Linux privilege escalation and exploit reliability. Based in the Greater Syracuse–Auburn area, he pairs a B.S. in Computer Information Systems with a pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach—he often treats infosec as “fun,” turning research curiosities into repeatable, auditable controls.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems at Buffalo State University
Github Skills (10)
security10
exploit10
exp10
meta-framework10
linux-shell10
python10
meta10
metasploit10
bash8
script8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:24 reviews, 16 commits, 1 PR in 17 days
Contributions summary:Gavin primarily contributed to the development of a local exploit module for the Metasploit Framework. Their work involved implementing a module to gain unauthorized access to a target system by exploiting the 'su' command on Linux/Unix systems. They also focused on improving the module's security and functionality by addressing bug fixes, implementing architectural updates, and incorporating checks for system vulnerabilities. The user also added checks for the presence of utilities such as 'script', 'python' and 'base64' to facilitate the exploit's functionality.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
youkergav/MagicConchShellBot
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
The Magic Conch Shell Bot is a lavender-colored seashell, and has a speaker inside it to help the toy and users communicate more effectively. It is operated by a pull-string on Reddit.
Contributions:53 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
stringcommunicatemagicbotspeaker
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