Attackers have invaded a database at Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, getting at all the personal details that comprise a veritable tool kit for identity theft. 
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Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht found guilty, may face life sentence
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of notorious online underground marketplace Silk Road, has been convicted on seven criminal counts by a Manhattan federal jury and could face life in jail.
Cat and mouse game is over for Japanese death threat hacker
A Japanese programmer, who taunted police by leaving clues in a memory card that he tucked into the collar of a cat found wandering an island off Tokyo, has been sentenced to 8 years in jail. 
Canary Watch site will keep an eye out for vanishing warrant canaries
Canary Watch will track changes to these transparency report statements that would indicate providers had received subpoenas with gag orders. 
SSCC 184 – What’s the lifespan of a GHOST? [PODCAST]
Our weekly security podcast – the latest news in 15 minutes, entertaining *and* educational. Enjoy!
Internet Explorer has a Cross Site Scripting zero-day bug
Another day, another zero-day. This time, it’s Internet Explorer that is attracting the sort of publicity a browser doesn’t want, with the public disclosure of an XSS bug.
D-Link routers vulnerable to DNS hijacking
A newly discovered vulnerability in the ZynOS firmware used by popular routers may leave some models at risk of DNS hijacking
Revenge-porn website operator Kevin Bollaert guilty of identity theft and extortion
Kevin Bollaert was behind ugotposted.com and its companion extortion site, which would take down frantic victims’ photos (for a tidy sum, of course).
New-style ransomware locks out your customers – demands money to let them log back in
The crooks took a low-key, annoyingly simple, and hard-to-spot approach. Change usernames like JIMMY to FKOVWH3Z7LUV, but hide the changes…for a while, anyway.
Google, Amazon, Microsoft pay to get ads past Adblock Plus
Ad-buying big boys Google, Amazon, Microsoft and the content marketing platform Taboola have quietly ponied up the money to keep their ads from being blocked on Adblock Plus, the world’s most popular software for blocking online advertising.