Ecology

December 11, 2024

The banking app trojan on Android arrives that empties the account: how to defend yourself from DroidBot

DroidBot, a remote access Trojan banking malware, is arriving in Italy and other European countries RAT (Remote Access Trojan) For Android devicesdiscovered last October by cybersecurity experts Cleafywhich attacks banking apps to empty their accounts, but also platforms cryptocurrencies And national institutions. Its strength is a combination of advanced techniques, such as keylogging (i.e. the recording of the keys pressed ...

December 10, 2024

Anatomy of emotions: for the ancient Assyrians happiness was “in the liver” and anger “in the legs”

The ancients Assyriansmore than two millennia ago, associated different emotions with similar body parts than we do today, albeit with some interesting differences. It is the result of a study carried out by researchers from several German and Finnish neuroscience institutes and published in iSciencewhich produced a complete body mapping of emotions and their corporeal bases in the Akkadian language ...

December 10, 2024

Explosion at the ENI depot in Calenzano: the possible causes of the accident

Al ENI depot in Calenzano one occurred violent explosion probably caused by dispersion of hydrocarbon vapours in the tanker loading area. Unfortunately, at the moment there are 5 victims and 26 injured but the fire has been put out. But what is the situation now? And what were the possible causes of this accident? The reconstruction of the accident We ...

December 10, 2024

Google searches in 2024: here are the most searched words by Italians

Credit: Google. Thanks to the initiative “A year of research” by Google every year we can have a realistic cross-section of the themes and characters that have aroused the most interest online in Italy in this 2024. From the passion for sport during the Olympics discovering new musical trends (spoiler: the most searched public figure in Italy this year is ...

December 10, 2024

OpenAI officially releases Sora, how AI generates realistic videos from text and how much it costs

OpenAI Sora The artificial intelligence of Sorathe OpenAI model capable of generating realistic high-resolution videos or extending existing videos starting from simple text commands, is officially available for those who have a subscription to ChatGPT Plus And Proeven if not in EU countries and therefore not in Italy. The announcement came yesterday, Monday 9 December 2024. The release of Sora ...

December 10, 2024

Explosion in Calenzano, the shock recorded by INGV seismographs

The seismographs of the INGV network detected a tremor associated with the violent explosion in the ENI depot in Calenzano, in the province of Florence, in December 9th. The accident has caused so far 4 victims, 26 injured and 1 missing. According to initial reconstructions, the accident occurred in a loading shelter due to a cloud of vapours caught fire ...

December 10, 2024

How to save on home heating during the winter months

When it comes to savings on the home heating during the winter months there are various aspects to consider. In fact, consumption does not depend only on the system that takes care of the heating, such as the boiler or heaterbut also fromefficiency of the entire housing system and by some practical measures that each of us can implement. But ...

December 10, 2024

Electric wallpaper for home heating being trialled in Glasgow: how it works

Among the different ways there are to heat the housesome Scottish researchers are working on the project of electric wallpaper which manages to heat the house with a technology infrared. The University of Glasgow is testing a wallpaper designed by the company NexGen, based on graphene, copper and carbonfor the heating of 12 public houses. This new technology exploits the ...

December 10, 2024

The 3 most common Christmas scams: how to recognize them and avoid them

Every year, with the arrival of the Christmas holidays, the enthusiasm for offers and online purchasesencouraged by Black Friday and by the discounts that many e-commerce and physical stores offer to attract users. In addition to consumer enthusiasm, there is another thing that is growing in this period: the risk of running into an online scam. Cybercriminals, in fact, also ...

December 9, 2024

Suspended Netflix account scam that causes data to end up on the dark web: how it works and how to defend yourself

If you have received a SMS or email notifying you that your Netflix account has been suspended (with phrases like “Your subscription has expired” or similar) for a payment problem, be very careful: you have most likely ended up in the sights of an online scammer. In fact, in recent months, scammers have been exploiting the name of the famous ...