A new Symantec report raises concern over the lack of awareness about mobile security solutions among mobile phone users in India. The report reveals about 50 percent of mobile phone users in the country do not have such security solutions, making their devices vulnerable to cybercrimes.

"Today all these malwares, spywares and trojans are hitting each one of us with the perspective of getting monetary benefit," Ritesh Chopra, country sales manager (India and SAARC) of Symantec Software Solutions, is quoted as saying. 

About 32 percent of parents confirmed their kids had experienced harassment, intentional exclusion, outing secrets, denigration on the Internet as well as social networking sites. As per findings of the Symantec report, about 70 percent of adult mobile users in India access to the Internet. About 44 percent of mobile users get text message from an unknown sender requesting to click on an embedded link or dial an unknown number to get a voicemail.

McAfee points out that having a password or PIN does not guarantee data is safe, and more than half of survey respondents (55 percent) admitted they had shared these details with others, including their children.