{"id":9330,"date":"2018-04-03T13:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2018-04-03T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:16:03","slug":"security-now-657-protonmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2018\/04\/03\/security-now-657-protonmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Now 657: ProtonMail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OeSZg-ph3Ns?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week we discuss &#8220;DrupalGeddon2&#8221;, Cloudflare&#8217;s new DNS offering, a reminder about GRC&#8217;s DNS Benchmark, Microsoft&#8217;s Meltdown meltdown, the persistent iOS QR Code flaw and its long-awaited v11.3 update, another VPN user IP leak, more bug bounty news, an ill-fated-seeming new eMail initiative, Free electricity, a policy change at Google&#8217;s Chrome store, another &#8220;please change your passwords&#8221; 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