41 of the Fortune 500 companies are tech companies (and here they are)

Apple’s in the top 10 for the first time ever, Facebook hits the list, and Dell sells more than Google as Fortune Magazine released its Fortune 500 companies today, ranking the top 500 companies by global income.

Notable this year …

Investor: Symantec and McAfee need to scrap anti-virus roots and pivot

Symantec and McAfee need to stop focusing on anti-virus software and start solving bigger problems or they run the risk of becoming obsolete, says KPCB's Ted Schlein.

Symantec uncovers an older version of Stuxnet, proving it is directly related to Flame

The earliest version of Stuxnet we knew of dated back to 2009. Today, Symantec uncovered an earlier malware thought to be Stuxnet 0.5, created in 2005.

Vigilantes at Microsoft and Symantec ‘hijack’ hundreds of thousands of PCs for good

Microsoft and Symantec shut down servers at two data centers today, pulling a botnet that could be up to 900,000 infected computers strong offline.

Symantec has ‘too many layers,’ may lay off up to 1K employees

Symantec announced yesterday that it will be restructuring the company and laying off some of its staff as a result. That number could be as high as 1,000 employees, though Symantec CEO Steve Bennett says the focus is not on the number, but on the efficiency.

SnapVolumes lets enterprises run just a single copy of their apps

With all of the migration to cloud-based services in the enterprise, it’s worth noticing that server spending has been flat at about $50 billion a year. But managing and administering to the cloud and all of the virtualized apps that …

Symantec’s new Norton Mobile Security gets in line with competitors

Symantec is catching up to competitors today, with the latest version of its Norton Mobile Security offering. The new version lets you backup your contacts and puts a strong focus on a web dashboard where you can manage your devices.

Symantec CTO outlines BYOD vision for safe companies and happy employees

Solving the gigantic problem brought on by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement is by no means no simple.

Mobile security companies are ‘tripping up’ says Mocana

Mocana wants to be a huge,public security company one day. It thinks of itself as the new kid, beating out old guys who have trouble moving away from the PC. Looks like it's the new, rich kid, too, as the company announced $25 million in its fourth round of funding today.

Violin Memory moves up the virtual storage food chain with Symantec deal

Violin Memory is adding Symantec's data management services to its storage arrays, making it easier to manage the data stored in its flash memory.

Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery

Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker than expected, then tech investors might run for the hills, the San Jose Mercury News reported.…

Flame off! Malware makers scramble to clean infected computers

Could the writers of the Flame malware be attempting to cover their tracks?

Security software maker Symantec noticed this week that computers infected with Flame have sent out urgent commands to remove all traces of the malware from other systems.…

Symantec: There was enough malware in 2011 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S.

There’s a reason 2011 was called the year of the hack. We saw an 81 percent increase in cyber attacks, according to Symantec, which says it stopped 5.5 billion malicious attacks last year alone.

“It’s really the automation and tool-kits …

Lost phones will cost consumers $30B in 2012, and other facts about our butterfingers

Lost smartphones may cost consumers $30 billion this year if those phones are not recovered, says mobile security software company Lookout Mobile.

Remember that time a prototype iPhone 4 was “lost” in a bar? Well, it certainly didn’t stop Apple …

Symantec, Facebook, Salesforce execs want a new firewall for the social age

Today’s younger generation suffers from “continuous partial attention,” Symantec chief executive Enrique Salem said at a security conference today. And it’s going to take a new kind of firewall to protect us, he said; one that doesn’t just pay attention …