Olivia Fraser

Olivia Lucca Fraser is a highly skilled software engineer and researcher with expertise in cybersecurity, reverse engineering, and machine learning. Here are some key details about her professional background:

Current Role

Staff Research Engineer on Tenable's Zero Day Research Team (September 2021 - present)

In this role, Fraser:

• Reverse engineers software and hardware products to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities
• Discloses issues to vendors and the public following responsible disclosure protocols
• Has discovered vulnerabilities allowing root access on Phicomm routers
• Develops reverse engineering tools leveraging large language models
• Presents research at security conferences like Atlantic Security Conference and Recon Montreal

Previous Experience

Independent Consulting Software Engineer: (June 2019 - September 2021)

• Helped Kraken cryptocurrency exchange port backend from PHP to Rust
• Led research teams on DARPA contracts:
  1. Artificial Intelligence Mitigations of Emergent Execution (AIMEE)
  2. Recovery of Symbolic Mathematics from Code (ReMath)

Vulnerability Researcher and Software Engineer at Tenable Network Security: (November 2016 - June 2019)

• Developed analytical tools and testing frameworks for Nessus plugins
• Contributed to rebuilding SSH library
• Conducted reverse engineering projects, discovering vulnerabilities in antivirus software

Education and Research

• Graduate student and researcher at NIMS Laboratory, Dalhousie University (September 2015 - present)
• Research focus: Evolutionary computation in offensive security

Fraser has a strong background in machine learning, offensive security, and software engineering, with particular expertise in vulnerability research and reverse engineering. Her work spans both academic research and practical applications in cybersecurity.