The US government has launched a $50m initiative called UPGRADE to boost hospital cybersecurity, run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) division, the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The initiative aims to accelerate the detection and response to cyberattacks, amid a 256% rise in large breaches in the healthcare sector over the past five years. ARPA-H is currently soliciting proposals from industry stakeholders on how to address this issue.

SuperCard X Android malware use stolen cards in NFC relay attacks
Android devices are being targeted by a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform, SuperCard X. The malware uses NFC relay attacks to conduct fraudulent point-of-sale and ATM