142: Mercedes secret sensors, smart cities, and ransomware runs riot

Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider joins us to discuss how cities in Texas are being hit by a wave of ransomware, how Mercedes Benz has installed a tracker in your car (but not for the reason you think), the security threats impacting smart cities, and a new feature coming to your Facebook app.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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• Mercedes spies on drivers by secretly installing tracking devices in cars and passing information to bailiffs — The Sun.
• Three-unique-words 'map' used to rescue mother and child — BBC News.
• Rolling a Reliant Robin - Top Gear — YouTube.
• Ransomware Attack Affects Computers In 22 Towns In Texas — NPR.
• What Is A Smart City? — ComputerWorld.
• Access the latest smart city tenders — Bee Smart City.
• Hacking 20% of cars could freeze traffic in NYC, study finds — Smart Cities Dive.
• Lack of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Investments in Smart Cities will Seed the Future IoT Vulnerabilities — ABI research.
• Facebook to stop stalking you off-site - but only if asked — BBC News.
• Now You Can See and Control the Data That Apps and Websites Share With Facebook — Facebook News Room.
• Off-Facebook Activity: Control your information — Facebook.
• Smashing Security #075: Quitting Facebook.
• Amazon.com: Logitech M705 Marathon Wireless Mouse — Amazon.
• 40 brilliant idioms that simply can’t be translated literally — TED Blog.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)