We have recently informed about swindlers impersonating ZUS (Social Insurance institution)or also PEKAO S.A. Bank

PZU warns its customers about false e-mail messages informing about alleged arrears for PZU. 

Like always, the contents of the message encourage the recipient to click the placed link to "invoices". 

Downloading and starting the file will cause the infection of our computer with malicious software. 

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Skimmer - the cover put on payment card slot in the ATM. 

At the end of May, the residents o

The purpose of the Antiterrorist  act which entered into force on 25.07.2016, was increasing the safety of citizens, among others, by imposing on cellular phones network operators duty of assigning the pre-paid card to a given person or company. 

During the registration of the SIM card, the subscriber is required to give his name, surname, PESEL number, the series and the number of ID. The number can be registered to the person who turned  14, people under this age can register number to their legal guardian. 

According to the estimates shared by a mobile network operator, the necessity to disclose the personal data can concerns as many as 15 million Po

In United States there is absolute frenzy for the Pokemon Go game. 

Pokemon Go is officially available in Poland, in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOeZBW9Lwos 

But while downloading the game on our smartphone, we can be unpleasantly surprised. 

The ESET company warns about the false Pomekon Ultimate Go application which can entirely paralyse the work of our smartphone. 

After installing the application, it renames itself for the Network Pi at once. Starting the application causes blocking of the smartphone. We are for

Researchers from the Birmingham University along with Kasper&Oswald GmbH  company presented findings of the research concerning  the safety of cars remote controls at one of scientific conferences. 

The findings are surprising. In order to get to the car from the Volkswagen group, burglars had to use radio unit to break digital securities of the car. 

The scientists discovered that from the central locking remote control, it was possible to intercept signals and clone them. To generate the opening signal of the car door ,the burglar has to be in the distance of at least 100 metres from the victim, in order to intercept the signal of the remote control. 

It is obvious that the mobile phone in the hand of the driver during the ride is a big threat on the road. Texting, checking e-mails or speaking without hands-free set while driving can lead to a tragedy on the road. Such behaviour increases the accident risk on the roadway four times. 

And what about using mobile phones by pedestrians? Does it pose great threat while crossing the street? 

Police draw attention to the fact that young people are way more focused on listening to music, checking their social media profiles or e-mails than on what is happening on the road. 

The number of accidents caused by pedestrians using mobile phones is increa

Watch out for false e-mail  messages- the Pekao S.A. bank warns 

After the phishing attack on WZBK Bank clients- https://lost24.pl/post/52/atak-phishingowy-na-klientow-bz-wbk , cybercriminals decided to impersonate PEKAO S.A. bank. 

PEKAO S.A Bank. warns against false e-mail messages which could make their way to the mailboxes of their clients. 

The messages contain information about the offer connected with issuing the cash credit. There is a attachment in the form of .doc file containing a schedule of credit repayments. 

Messages seem to give impress

Watch out for the company from Bytom which sends cash on delivery parcels to get easy money. 

Internet users warn each other against SET-BET Kazimierz Sławski company. The company sends cash on delivery parcel to the amount from 130 PLN. The entire problem is the fact that nobody ordered anything from the company. 

It seem that if somebody didn't order anything, they won't pick it up. However, swindlers mainly count on companies, where it is harder to establish which employee ordered something and the parcel is being paid. It is possible that we order numerous goods and we will pick the parcel up by force of habit or an unaware household member will pick it up. 

Do you remember our recent entry on the blog, concerning  the implemented duty of SIM cards registration? 

Not all of us know what does the process of SIM cards registration looks like, and the swindlers make use of our ignorance. Swindlers impersonating the operators employees call the clients offering the registration of the SIM card, without the necessity to leave your home. 

By doing so they try to extort personal details such as the address, ID number and PESEL number. We remind our article concerning the theft of our personal details. 

The other method of extorting the personal details is sending out texts containing information

Another virus on Facebook. It is not the first attack on social media portal users which we wrote about https://lost24.pl/post/55/grozny-wirus-na-facebooku. 

From the beginning of October the virus rages on Facebook. 

How does the virus work? The infected person sends to his/her friends a characteristic messages on the chat or posts on our wall. 

Certainly the messages are constructed in order to attract the recipients. It consists of our profile picture with the icon imitating the video entitled by our name. 

if we click on the placed link, we will be redirected to YouTube, where we can see information about the lack

At the beginning of July, there was a hacker attack on Netia - one of the telecommunication operators. The result of breaking into the Netia's web servers was the theft and publicizing of customers and users data from forms on the Netia's website. 

Netia started warning customers whose data were stolen and made public online. 

What happens to the stolen personal details of customers? 

Data can be sold to direct marketing companies. From now on, the victims of the theft can receive spam e-mails or what's more they can become victims of phishing. Data can also be used to impersonate a given person - here we remind abo

Have you ever considered equipping your pet with the GPS transmitter? 

Microchips for animals have become a standard - rice grain-size integrated circuit with 15 digit number which is individually assigned to every tagged animal. 

What if our animal goes missing? Chip as little as or so much stores details about the animal itself as well as the owner's data. However, basing only on the chip we cannot locate our animal companion. 

More and more offers connected with GPS transmitters attached to the collar of the animal appear online. The cost of such a locator is placed within the limits of 200-500 PLN. The locator l

Love texts from the stranger - next fraud!

Copying and producing the ID - know your rights 

Check Point company informed about new malware called HummingBad which attacks smartphones. 

What is malware (malicious software)? Generally speaking, it is malicious software which constitutes growing problem for the users of  smartphones  and computers. 

There can be over 10 million Android smartphones infected with  HummingBad. 

How does HummingBad work? 

After infecting our smartphone HummingBad installs additional harmful appl

Have you ever made your ID  available to other people? Have you ever allowed other people to copy your ID? 

Inspector General for Personal Data Protection received information about improper registration of pre-paid SIM cards. Inspector reminds that the operators must not COPY or SCAN our ID. 

Do you know in what situations, according to binding law, is it possible to refuse the copying or producing the identity card? 

When we want to hire sports equipment such as a kayak or water bike, it is not sufficient to produce your ID or driving licence but sometimes you are asked to leave it as well. 

Alarming report of Supreme Chamber of Control  (NIK) - about the prevention of animals homelessness - from June 2016. 

The number of animals in the pounds grows rapidly. The new report of NIK indicates that 

communes ineffectively prevent animals homelessness. Many communes did not implement plans of animals tagging and very often did not provide obligatory sterilization or castration done in the pounds. Out of  11 controlled communes, as many as 9 didn't use the possibility of implementing the plan of the animals tagging. Report data are terrifying, only one fourth of the caught animals have found the new owner. 

The holistic plan of tagging animals and