Ryan O'neill
CEO at https://arcana-research.io
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan O'neill is a veteran computer security researcher and CEO based in Seattle with over a decade of hands-on experience in binary analysis, reverse engineering, malware forensics, and software protection. He invented Shiva, a custom dynamic linker for Linux ELF that evolved through DARPA AMP and EBOSS programs, demonstrating rare expertise in binary patching and anti-tamper technology. Previously a senior researcher and systems engineer at firms including Leviathan Security and Backtrace I/O, he blends deep low-level systems knowledge with practical tooling for enterprise UNIX forensics. Ryan publishes independent research on bitlackeys.org and is known in the community as an ELF connoisseur who often turns academic techniques into deployable security innovations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Innerversity
Github Skills (44)
virus10
malware10
parsing10
elf10
permanent10
reverse-engineering10
x869
linux9
proc9
popcorn9
x86-649
heterogeneous8
transform8
symbol-table8
infection8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
elfmaster/skeksi_virus
Dec 2015 - Sep 2022
Devestating and awesome Linux X86_64 ELF Virus
Contributions:57 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 6 years 9 months
viruslinuxelfx86x86-64
elfmaster/maya
Sep 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 2 comments in 7 years 1 month
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