Saltaformaggio in The Register: A shot in the dark: Can malware vaccines stop ransomware's rampage?

"Any sort of standardization for cybersecurity practices is still in its infancy, and this varies country by country and even region by region, but when it comes to cybersecurity, we really do lack a clear standard guidance, especially across different industries," said Brendan Saltaformaggio, an associate professor at Georgia Tech's School of Cybersecurity and Privacy.

He heads up a lab that spent the last five years analyzing hundreds of malware-infected Android devices all over the world to develop an automated tool called Echo, which can detect malware strains linked to botnets, automatically generate a vaccine, and immediately distribute it to victim devices over the internet.

Saltaformaggio added that it has been difficult for many years to get enterprises, critical infrastructure providers, or governments to share information about cyberattacks because it is seen as a "black mark" that no one wants to admit to.