A new report highlighting U.S. carriers' ongoing practice of sharing customers' location data with third parties has provoked ire from consumer privacy advocates. (Pixabay) The U.S. wireless industry has been caught in a fresh scandal amid a new report that detailed how three of the nation’s largest carriers have continued the practice of selling personal location data of their customers to third parties. AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint were found to be selling access to their cust

Apple’s freshest update to the iOS operating system came with a bevy of security upgrades that strengthen consumers’ confidence in the integrity of their iPhones. The security measures include end-to-end encryption of messages and FaceTime video chats, safeguards that make it harder for data companies to gather information for targeted advertising, and a web portal that allows you to check up on how much information Apple has collected about you. Such moves have put Apple at

This is the first post in a two-part Valadian content series on mobile data risk. This post explores the scale and frequency of mobile data breaches. Part two will explore practical strategies for securing your mobile environment. It’s no secret that cyber-attacks are more sophisticated, costly and focused on mobile than ever before. By 2020, wireless and mobile device traffic will account for two-thirds of total global IP traffic (Cisco). What does that mean for the enterpri