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Russia focuses cyber attacks on Ukraine rather than West

Computer Weekly talks to GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre operations director Paul Chichester and former NCSC chief executive Ciaran Martin on Russia, China and Salt Typhoon
Police not ruling any person out of Post Office investigation

Metropolitan Police provides update on Operation Olympos, its national investigation into potential criminality in the Post Office Horizon scandal
IaaS firm uses Pure Storage as a service for virtual datacentres

Espresso Gridpoint moved from largely NetApp to Pure Storage FlashBlade file and object for its ‘virtual datacentres’ business model that offers VMware, Hyper-V and ProxMox VMs
Post Office scandal after a year in the mainstream

Read this year’s 10 most read Computer Weekly articles about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
Dangerous CLFS and LDAP flaws stand out on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has fixed over 70 CVEs in its final Patch Tuesday update of the year, and defenders should prioritise a zero-day in the Common Log File System Driver, and another impactful flaw in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed

Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal
Is diversity suffering because of budget management?

Many are considering quitting their jobs over the next year because of rising workloads and falling team sizes. Are firms misallocating budgets and causing retention issues?
From front to back: tech vice-president Dan Lake on Notonthehighstreet.com’s tech strategy

Notonthehighstreet.com vice-president of technology, Dan Lake, says that the online marketplace has underinvested in back-end systems – but it’s time for change

Cohesity Veritas 'combination' galvanises data protection grade- CW Developer Network

Cohesity has completed its “combination” with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business. The company now claims to be the world’s largest data protection software provider by market share, ... Continue Reading
Opening up mainframe data, one utility at a time- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

Freeform Dynamics recently caught up with VirtualZ, an often overlooked vendor of connectivity tools that bridge the gap between the mainframe, cloud and on-premise IT platform worlds. The more we ... Continue Reading
Xiaomi 14T Pro smartphone review- Inspect-a-Gadget

In keeping with my end-of-year tablet update, I dovetailed my recent embrace of the Xiaomi Redmi Pad Pro with the chance to get hold of the Xiaomi 14T Pro. Having been using the same smartphone for ... Continue Reading
Data engineering - Hasura: Defeating the data doom loop with supergraph architecture- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ken Stott in his role as field CTO at Hasura. Hasura is known for its GraphQL platform which is designed to provide data ... Continue Reading

Happy New Year: Three steps to maximise AI’s ROI in 2025

On the Eighth Day of AI, we explore the key considerations and strategic frameworks essential for extracting maximum value from AI projects.
Defending against cyber grinches: AI for enhanced security

On the Seventh Day of AI, Defending against cyber grinches: AI for enhanced security, we explore the double-edged sword of AI in cybersecurity and how businesses can protect themselves against the cyber grinches.
Embedding diversity in policy decisions to drive growth

Improving diversity in UK tech and science scaleups is not only a strategic imperative but is vital to drive future growth