For researchers who notice new releases as soon as they are published and discover malice based on that alone, I agree, and every step of that can be automated to some level of effectiveness.
But for researchers who aren't sufficiently effective until the first victim starts shouting that something went sideways, the malicious actor would be wise to simply ensure no victim is aware until well after the cooldown period, implementing novel obfuscation that evades static analysis and the like.
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For researchers who notice new releases as soon as they are published and discover malice based on that alone, I agree, and every step of that can be automated to some level of effectiveness.
But for researchers who aren't sufficiently effective until the first victim starts shouting that something went sideways, the malicious actor would be wise to simply ensure no victim is aware until well after the cooldown period, implementing novel obfuscation that evades static analysis and the like.