Matthew Tingum
Lead Cybersecurity Researcher at Two Six Technologies
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Tingum is a Lead Cybersecurity Researcher based in Cincinnati with nine years of hands-on experience reverse engineering software and uncovering vulnerabilities. He is proficient with Ghidra, IDA, and WinDBG and has progressed from software developer roles to leading research at Two Six Technologies. Matthew thrives on solving difficult problems, mentors teams, and specializes in undocumented and proprietary protocols—often where standard tooling falls short. His background blends practical software engineering with deep binary analysis, giving him a knack for turning obscure bugs into actionable mitigations. Colleagues know him for a methodical debugging style and a quiet confidence summed up by his GitHub quip, "SIGSEGV: Success." His experience spans academia, small companies, and applied research environments, reflecting both breadth and persistence in security work.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of North Dakota
Github Skills (49)
repack9
reverse-engineering8
driver8
kernel8
firmware8
validation8
windows-driver8
intel8
qemu7
kvm7
security7
file-format7
duplicate-detection7
usb7
usbip7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MatthewTingum/kAFL
Dec 2018 - Jul 2019
Code for the USENIX 2017 paper: kAFL: Hardware-Assisted Feedback Fuzzing for OS Kernels
Contributions:8 commits, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
fuzzinghardware
MatthewTingum/kAFL-KVM
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
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