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Wiper Malware That Hit Iran Left Possible Clues of Its Origins

Wiper left a trace of its existence on some hard drives, in the form of a registry key (highlighted in blue at left). Image courtesy of Kaspersky Lab How does a security company...

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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Oil Companies Spring a Leak, Courtesy of Anonymous

Five top multinational oil companies have been targeted by members of Anonymous, who published about 1,000 email addresses for accounts belonging to the firms, as well as hashed and unencrypted passwords. The hacks,...

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Monday, July 16th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Copyright Used to Censor Enbridge Pipeline Satirical Criticism

A cartoonist is currently witnessing what is commonly referred to as the Streisand effect. Over the last week, a cartoonist released a satirical criticism of the Enbridge pipeline advertisement. At one point, the...

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Saturday, June 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

BP engineer arrested for allegedly deleting oil spill text messages

Kurt Mix, a drilling and completions project engineer for BP during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has become the first employee of the oil company to be arrested . Mix is charged...

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Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

We’ve hit "peak oil"; now comes permanent price volatility

Since 2005, the global production of oil has remained relatively flat, peaking in 2008 and declining since, even as demand for petroleum has continued to increase. The result has been wild fluctuations in...

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments