Zach Marzouk
Zach Marzouk is a staff writer for IT Pro, Cloud Pro, and Channel Pro where he writes news articles and in-depth feature pieces primarily focused on Asia Pacific and the US. Aside from covering topics like security, privacy, worker rights, and startups, he also contributes to the IT Pro podcast and IT Pro 20/20.
After studying an undergraduate degree in Arabic and Spanish at the University of Leeds, Zach completed a journalism internship at The Argentina Independent in Buenos Aires where he wrote about the country’s history, politics, and technology.
He then joined IT Pro in 2017 where he was introduced to the world of B2B technology as a junior staff writer, before he returned to Argentina in 2018, working in communications and as a copywriter. In 2021, he made his way back to IT Pro as a staff writer during the pandemic.
Contact him at zach.marzouk@futurenet.com or find Zach’s thoughts (and more) on Twitter @ZachMarzouk
Latest articles by Zach Marzouk

Why Frankfurt is clamping down on data center sprawl
By Zach Marzouk published
Case Study Frankfurt’s package of data center regulations could be a model for FLAP-D cities and other territories across the world

Asus Zenbook 14X OLED (UX3404) review: Smart, portable, with a beautiful screen
By Zach Marzouk published
Reviews Asus has beefed up its Zenbook offering with this touchscreen-enabled device that will be great to work on the go with, as long as you charge it up the night before

Asus Zenbook 14X review gallery
By Zach Marzouk published
Reviews Photos of the Asus Zenbook 14 X

Why Microsoft Teams has only just launched in China
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant has officially launched Teams via its local partner in China, after it was launched globally in 2017

Western Digital suffers cyber attack, shuts down systems
By Zach Marzouk published
News Customers are taking to Twitter to report they’re unable to log into their storage products through Western Digital’s online portal

Novel social engineering attacks soar 135% amid uptake of generative AI
By Zach Marzouk published
News 82% of employees are worried about hackers using generative AI to create scam emails

Lazarus blamed for 3CX attack as byte-to-byte code match discovered
By Zach Marzouk published
News Additional analysis suggested 3CX developer teams ignored "red flags"

3CX CEO confirms supply chain malware attack
By Zach Marzouk published
News The VoIP company has confirmed that its desktop app has been infected with malware and urged customers to uninstall it until the new version is released

Can Google Cloud realistically challenge GitHub Copilot with its Replit partnership?
By Zach Marzouk published
Analysis Replit’s 20 million-strong developer base brings “added leverage and an established community” which could challenge Microsoft’s dominance

Microsoft set to block emails from unsupported Exchange servers
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giants described emails coming from these servers as “persistently vulnerable” and is aiming to encourage admins to secure their environments

Latitude Financial's data policies questioned after more than 14 million records stolen
By Zach Marzouk published
News Some of the data is from at least 2005 and includes customers’ name, address, and date of birth

Some GitHub users must take action after RSA SSH host key exposed
By Zach Marzouk published
News One cloud security expert likened the incident to the infamous HeartBleed bug from 2014

North Korean hackers plot Gmail theft attacks via Chrome extension
By Zach Marzouk published
News Targeting expert researchers on the Korean Peninsula, the hacking group is also known for deploying malware that can track victim locations, keystrokes, and phone calls

Microsoft launches collaboration platform Loop, its answer to Notion
By Zach Marzouk published
News Greater collaboration tools are coming to the Microsoft 365 suite, aiming to help teams work together without having to jump between different apps

GitHub launches GPT-4-powered GitHub Copilot X
By Zach Marzouk published
News The open source platform promised a "ChatGPT-like experience" for developers with an AI chat interface embedded within their IDEs

UK's EfficiencyIT launches prefabricated data centre offering
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company has previously built modular data centres for government and defence customers in 12-16 weeks

Greek intelligence allegedly uses Predator spyware on Facebook staffer
By Zach Marzouk published
News The employee’s device was infected through a link pretending to confirm a vaccination appointment

Latitude hack leaves customers unable to protect their accounts
By Zach Marzouk published
News The cyber attack has affected around 330,000 customers, although the company has said this is likely to increase

Bitwarden to release fix for four-year-old vulnerability
By Zach Marzouk published
News The password manager knew about the issue since 2018, exploits for which were highlighted in a Flashpoint report earlier in March

Why has the UK government banned TikTok?
By Zach Marzouk published
News The app has been banned by various governments around the world

Equinix is growing data centre-powered fruit and veg
By Zach Marzouk published
News The data centre company has installed a rooftop farm at one of its sites to make use of excess heat

Meet the charity shaping Australia and New Zealand's data breach response
By Zach Marzouk published
Case Studies IDCARE is recruiting a reserve army to turbocharge the fightback against cyber crime not just in the region, but in the interests of victims all over the world

SAP's $7.7 billion Qualtrics sale branded a “win-win” situation
By Zach Marzouk published
News The German software company has sold its 71% stake in Qualtrics which will see the company go private once again
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