Cyber news, week of August 10, 2026

Machine summary The company said the award expands their collaboration in the Portuguese public sector.

1. BIO-key said the award expands its and Visualforma's long-standing collaboration within the Portuguese public sector.
2. Visualforma Operations Director Humberto Bento said the award reflects confidence Portuguese public institutions place in Visualforma's ability to deliver digital transformation projects.

Reported by manilatimes.net and finanznachrichten.de.

• Visualforma
• Portuguese National Security Agency

Reports ran between 04:15 and 05:30 UTC on Aug 10.

The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

Reported by vietnamtribune.com (Big News Network) and asiabulletin.com (Big News Network).

• Ricoh
• Quocirca

Machine summary Reports say agencies from South Korea and from the U.S. that handle cybersecurity and intelligence warned about Gunra ransomware attacks that target critical infrastructure sectors and organizations globally.

1. The reports state that agencies from South Korea and from the U.S. dealing with cybersecurity and intelligence issued a warning on Gunra ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world.

Reported by The Hacker News, vulners.com and unsafe.sh.

• Gunra

Reported by scmp.com and South China Morning Post.

• South China Morning Post

Machine summary Which? has raised concerns about a "dangerous" scam in which victims are tricked into approving card payments, warning that criminals may use tactics similar to those used in authorised push payment (APP) scams.

1. Which? raised concerns about a "dangerous" scam where victims are tricked into approving card payments, according to the reports.

Reported by Wales Online and getsurrey.co.uk.

• Which?

The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

Reported by kw3.com and kpq.com.

• Chelan County

Machine summary Flock Safety announced mandates to its technologies, including search audits flagging what it describes as "atypical search behaviors" from officers, amid privacy concerns. The Sullivan County Commission is scheduled to discuss a resolution that would publicly acknowledge the county would not renew its technology contracts with Flock until privacy concerns are addressed.

1. Flock Safety announced mandates to its technologies, including mandating search audits that flag what it describes as "atypical search behaviors" from officers, according to the reports.
2. The Sullivan County Commission is scheduled to discuss a resolution that would, if passed, publicly acknowledge the county would not renew its technology contracts with Flock until privacy concerns are addressed, according to the reports.

Reported by fox17.com and fox56.com.

• Flock Safety
• Sullivan County Commission

Reported by 99jamzmiami.com and wftv.com.

Machine summary Key facts from the reports:

1. The memo could authorize private U.S. businesses to disrupt foreign organizations the government labels as cybercriminals or gather intelligence on those groups, according to the Trump administration.
2. Former NSC cyber policy official Joshua Steinman said potential targets include organized crime and money laundering operations.
3. The memo does not grant full privateer authority and does not explain how private companies would legally lead government work.

Reported by news.wjct.org and kuaf.com.

• Trump Administration

Machine summary It combines command, investigation, forensics and dark-web surveillance across six verticals, backed by 172 sanctioned police posts.

1. TN-S4C will operate 24/7 from the Police Training College complex in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, functioning as the state nodal agency for the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).
2. The State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre will act as an e-police station for e-Zero FIRs involving financial losses exceeding Rs 1 lakh.
3. The Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned 172 police posts for the TN-S4C centre.

Reported by Prokerala and bilkulonline.com.

• Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
• Tamil Nadu Government