Oliver Simonnet
Lead Cybersecurity Researcher at CultureAI
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Simonnet is a Lead Cybersecurity Researcher with nine years’ experience specialising in application and payments security, threat research, and technical reporting. He has led global application security teams and quality for WithSecure, published research on attacking and defending SWIFT payment systems, and contributes to notable open-source tooling such as the Needle iOS security testing framework. Known for turning complex attack paths into clear, actionable findings, he combines hands-on offensive skills (including iOS/MDM testing) with strong mentoring and training experience. Based in Stevenage, he brings a creative background in digital 3D art to his penchant for producing clear, publication-ready diagrams that make technical risks accessible to non-technical stakeholders.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
level 1 2 & 3 (BTEC) I.T, level 1 2 & 3 (BTEC) I.T at Stratford-upon-Avon CollegeBachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) Computer Forensics and Security, Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) Computer Forensics and Security at The Manchester Metropolitan University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (5)
mobile10
ios10
python10
security10
plist9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
WithSecureLabs/needle
Sep 2016 - Mar 2017
The iOS Security Testing Framework
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:47 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Oliver contributed significantly to the `needle` iOS security testing framework, primarily focusing on adding new methods and modules to the core functionality. Their commits introduced methods for file path retrieval, file reading within remote operations, and a yes/no selection mechanism. Moreover, the user developed and integrated a module specifically for MDM (Mobile Device Management) dump capabilities, suggesting a focus on iOS security testing tasks.
dynamic-analysistesting-frameworkfridasecuritysecurity-testing
osimonnet/ecdsaMagic
Dec 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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