Scott Mccoy
Pentester at Murach Books
Fresno, California, United States
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Top SchoolScott Mccoy is a pentester and seasoned programmer with nine years of hands-on experience, blending software development and applied cybersecurity from Fresno, California. He leverages a Computer Science BS and a background in IT support and data services to approach penetration testing with a developer’s mindset, focusing on reproducible exploit development and secure code review. As a current consultant at Hoodwink Consulting and author/programmer at Murach Books, he uniquely pairs technical writing with practical tooling, making complex security findings accessible to stakeholders. Scott’s transition into pentesting is informed by deep programming fluency across languages and frameworks, enabling him to identify vulnerabilities that emerge at the intersection of code and operations.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at California State University, FresnoGithub contributions (5)
scottmccoy13/BioinformaticsAlgorithms
Dec 2017 - Jun 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 6 months
scottmccoy13/Server-Log-Analysis
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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