Marco Ivaldi (raptor) is back on the Hex-Rays blog 
His vulnerability research tools (rhabdomancer, haruspex and augur) have reached v1 and fully support IDA 9.5. New in this release: type definitions extraction, many fixes, and augur now runs 19x faster.
Read the full post: Divining vulnerabilities: powered by the Hex-Rays Contributor Program
Marco is also a Hex-Rays Plugin Contest winner, and the contest is open again. Built something cool with IDA? Submit it before 30 Nov: IDA Plugin Contest
He’s also a member of our Contributor Program, which supports people who build IDA plugins, tools and content with a free IDA license. Apply here: Hex-Rays' Contributor Program