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Do you remember our article concerning stealing money from bank accounts? 


We mentioned that the most popular method of hackers to steal money from accounts is sending to the mail address of bank client false information e.g. information about blocking the  account and in order to unblock it, it  will be sufficient to click the link and log on. By logging onto the false website of the bank the client unknowingly shares his login name and password. 


Recently one of partners of the lost24 portal has received an e-mail message from the sender who impersonated the Polish post office. The -mail included information about the unclaimed parcel. The sender thre

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Victims of the pickpocket

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Crowd, absent-mindedness, too great confidence ..... a moment's distraction can be enough to become the victim of the pickpocket. Every year in large urban agglomerations as many as a dozen or so thousand victims report this kind of theft to the police. 


Police emphasize that in terms of pickpockets, the detectability is just a few per cent at maximum. In case of such a theft, it is extremely difficult to prove anything to the perpetrator, if we do not catch him red-handed. 

For the thief, a crowded street, a hypermarket or a public transport are the perfect places, not mentioning mass events or bus and train stations. 


A perfect victim is an o

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The scientists from Microsoft proved that even 39% of cancer diagnoses could be detected even a year earlier. 


Many of you wonder how researchers from Microsoft are connected with the early detection of the cancer

Search history in the Bing search engine is an answer to this question. Researchers searched, amongst entries used by people already associated with cancer, for phrases connected with the disease. These phrases include previous enquiries about symptoms of the illness, for example pain in the chest.

Moreover, basing on data concerning the location of the given group ,they made an assessment whether the users can be exposed to factors increasing the ris

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

false e-mails which extort data - mbank

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The mBank warns its clients of false e-mails which extort data. False mails are sent to mailboxes informing about  the blocked account. 


In contents of the mail we will learn that as a result of the unauthorized access, the account becomes blocked. In order to recover the access to account, the sender asks for authenticating the account holder. To do this, we are encouraged to click the false website. Certainly, the aim is to extort the client's ID of the bank, the password, data of the payment card and SMS codes to confirm transfers. 


mBank, on the account of the growth of the threats associated with sending the false e-mails, sends special notices to its custo

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To become a victim of the theft, nobody would like to be in such a situation. The star of KSW fights Mariusz Pudzianowski informed his fans on Facebook about audacious theft. New tractor T5 115 Holland was looted. 


Mariusz Pudzianowski addressed the thief directly: "I propose the thief to give the tractor back somewhere! Monitoring recorded everything and it is only a matter of time!! The thief will not benefit from the machine as it is well-tagged!!! " 

The star asks for sharing the information. 



Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Breaching biometric securities in ATMs

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When banks decide to introduce new security measure in ATMs in the form of biometric solutions, cybercriminals can see new opportunities in stealing money from our accounts. 


In the article on stealing money from bank accounts we mentioned skimmers which can be used to steal  information from the payment card, let alone Internet cams or covers for the keyboard in order to acquire the PIN number. 


The bank industry faces up to thieves and implements new authentication methods based on a biometric technology. For example the Fujitsu company introduced technology in their smartphone enabling to process the payment with the scan of the iris. However, in Great Britai

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Do you want to learn if your area is safe? Do you want to have influence and respond to threats which are in your town? You have to get to know the Domestic Map of Security Threats. 


The program of the Domestic Map of Security Threats has started. It is supposed to serve as the improvement to the safety of Polish residents. 


While creating the map of threats in the entire country over 11 thousand meetings took place. During the meetings, residents reported their remarks, talked about needs and threats in their surroundings. Over 217 thousand people took part in the meetings. 


Maps were drawn up on the basis

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Stealing money from ATMs - bank cards

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This week news associated with robbing ATMs on so-called "glue traps" spread. Warsaw officers caught the citizen of Romania red-handed who tried to take off the cover to which banknotes withdrawn by customers stuck. 


Cash is a dominating manner of payment by Poles, although the number of non-cash operations is increasing constantly. In times of payment by ATM cards so-called skimming is becoming more and more popular. It  consists in copying the content of the magnetic stripe from our card, in order to make the duplicate. This type of crime is also commonly used in ATMs, both by scanning the magnetic stripe of our card or getting the PIN code with the additional cam installed at the top of the ATM. 

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Thefts from bank accounts

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More and more simplified procedure of authorizing bank transactions encourages thieves to empty our bank accounts. While browsing through Internet forums or the latest news reports from the police, we learnt that the frequency of stealing money from bank accounts is growing.


We do not have to look far, in April this year police busted the criminal group which from 2012 stole 94 million PLN from bank accounts worldwide, due to the TIMBA virus. The virus intercepted data from bank accounts of companies, colleges, offices, as well as individuals. Next stolen money was transferred to opened banking accounts in the Ukraine and Russia. 


We must take into account that

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Car thefts, burglaries

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Looking into police reports, the phenomenon of car thefts is decreasing from year to year. However, this number is still high, in 2015 12 634 stolen cars were reported and detectability is placed within the limits of 22 - 25%. Nevertheless, the police do not disclose the information how many cars were found before being dismantled. 


What are the most frequent places of the thefts? 


In the top five, we will find: a street, a car park, a car park next to a shopping centre, the garage and the fuel station. The smallest number of thefts was recorded on dual carriageways and in forests. 

If you are the owner of

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Do you remember our entry about the theft of documents and a few pieces of advice, what to do in such a situation? 


Today we wanted you to realize, what consequences we can suffer, when our documents or personal details fall into the wrong hands. 


Identity theft consists in the unlawful possession by third parties of our personal details as name, surname, address, PESEL number or the number of a credit card. 


Why would anybody need our personal data? It is obviou

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With the arrival of spring, we can officially start the bicycle season. 

However, the increasing number of bikes translates into the growing number of thefts. Officially, last year 20 thousand two-wheeled vehicles got lost and how many thefts were not reported?


This number can be four times higher. 

According to police statistics, the bikes are mainly stolen from basements, staircases and balconies situated on lower floors. Most people who report the theft left their bikes completely unattended and without any security measures. 

While purchasing the bicycle we have to make sure that a serial number of the bike's frame is appended to a

Wednesday 1 February 2017, Safety Guide

Cameras on police uniforms in Poland

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Do  you think that cameras on police uniforms can improve the behaviour of  both officers and civilians during emergency actions? 


The long-term program of the modernization of uniformed forces in Poland will include the registration of the work of police officers with the cameras installed on police uniforms. 


Some time ago we wrote about the work of police officers with cameras installed on uniforms and the  interesting experiment conducted at the Cambridge university.  It was demonstrated that the awareness of the

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The Internet swindler stood trial. One click on the link is a loot  for a swindler and for the person who clicked it translates into a sentence. 1200 aggrieved parties and extortion of over 1 million PLN. 


The trail of suspected Krzysztof H. commenced . The man is suspected of Internet frauds. According to prosecutor's office , during one month the man extorted over 1 million PLN from thousand people. We invite to the blog. Be vigilant while opening e-mail messages. 


The content of the mail was enigmatic "it is urgent please explain", and there was a  link which directed us to the website which required  the accepta

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Another attack by cybercriminals, this time they were impersonating the Stargard Szczeciński regional court. 


It is not the first time when we describe the situation, in which cybercriminals try to steal our data using e-mail message with infected attachment. 


Swindlers send mails with the alleged invoice. If we will click the attachment,  we can infect our computer with a dangerous virus. Mail seems to be credible because hackers got through to the domain of the regional court in Stargard. The court issued a