Cyber Security Mum – India

Most Dangerous Indian Celebrities Online – Katrina and Deepika Tops the List

Though I pretend to be above all things mundane like posing for pics with celebs (Only the star-struck teens do it, for God’s sake!), I do try to keep up with their latest capers. It’s good timepass and provides fodder for an afternoon gossip with friends. I confess I do like to download songs from Read more…

Tags: dangerous searches, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, McAfee Family Protection, McAfee Site advisor, mcafee total protection, online search, • Most dangerous celebrity

Etiquette Training Needed: Kids Hack Facebook Account to Malign Friends

A few weeks ago, I was shocked to read about this boy who deliberately hacked his friend’s Facebook account and changed his profile to ‘gay’ and his religion to ‘homosexuality! The same old story of a love triangle was the cause for this action. This we can accept, used as we are to our daily Read more…

Tags: • Facebook etiquette, • Parental control

McAfee Tips for Bad Applications (Apps)

The rapid growth in the popularity and sale of Android and other smartphones has attracted the attention of the mobile ecosystem worldwide. Right from smartphone makers to application developers, everyone is focusing on this new market that is supposed to rake in the mullah. Unfortunately, so are the malware developers. Smartphones new targets for hackers, Read more…

Tags: Android, mcafee all access, mobile apps, mobile malware, smart phone threats

What Is On Your PC/Laptop/Smartphone?

The other day I was watching a rerun of “Up in the Air,” in which the character of George Clooney makes a presentation titled, “What’s in your Backpack?” This simple question set me thinking and I started wondering, what was there in MY backpack, which happens to be my life and soul, the computer. I Read more…

Tags: computers, data loss, digital devices, household devices, laptops, malware, McAfee, PCs, research, smartphones, tablets

Has Your Family Taken the Internet Pledge Yet?

Sometimes we need reminders as to why we must continue to follow rules or do things in a particular way. The human mind is very flighty and tends to forget important issues, no matter how well they had been drilled into the head. Especially, if those heads belong to kids and the rules limit their Read more…

Tags: cyber mum, cybersafety, family, good parenting, McAfee Family Protection, online child safety, Parental control

Share Pics Safely Online

For all of us, the true satisfaction from any event is derived when we share the anecdotes and pictures with friends and families. Whether it be a foreign trip, a wedding, a family get together or a friends’ reunion, we post these pics on our social networking sites like Facebook or Google+ so that others Read more…

Tags: good parenting, kids online safety, online safety, pic sharing, social media, social networking

Safe E-Shopping for Diwali

Festivals are fun time, true, but not for those in charge of planning and purchasing gifts for the extended family and friends. The hassle of deciding what to buy, where to buy and how to get it delivered can well rob one of a good night’s sleep for many nights prior to the festive day. Read more…

Tags: Cybermum India, India cybermum, online shopping, safe online shopping

Will Texting Replace the Spoken Word? – Texting Craze Among Children

I was met with a strange sight the other day at the mall. Six young things were seated around a polished chrome table at the Food Zone but there was no conversation, no loud guffaws, or backslapping! On closer inspection, I saw all of them were only physically with their friends, but actually all their ‘talking’ Read more…

Tags: Cybermum India, good parenting, India cybermum, mobile smartphone security, parental controls, smartphones, teens, text message

I Know Where You Were Last Eveing – Is Location Privacy Threatened?

Let’s face it. Our life is a play, the world is the stage, and each of us considers ourselves the lead actor in the play. So no wonder we want to keep the world updated on what we are doing and where. Continuously. Consequently, the  development of technology  enables us to do just that-tell our Read more…

Time to Revisit Facebook Etiquettes

Malini Murmu, a bright young management student of the prestigious IIM Bengaluru recently committed suicide. She had a quarrel with her boyfriend who promptly posted a new status update on his FaceBook profile: “Feeling cool today. Dumped my ex-girlfriend. Happy independence day.” The girl could not bear the public humiliation, as her last note testifies, Read more…

Tags: cyber ethics, etiquette, IIM Bengaluru suicide case