Ross Kelly
Ross Kelly is a staff writer at ITPro, ChannelPro, and CloudPro, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies.
He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro in 2022 after four years working in technology conference research.
In his spare time, Ross enjoys cycling, walking and is an avid reader of history and non-fiction.
You can contact Ross at ross.kelly@futurenet.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Latest articles by Ross Kelly

CEO faces $15 million bill and prison time for counterfeit Cisco hardware scam
By Ross Kelly published
News Onur Aksoy could face a lengthy prison sentence for his involvement in the counterfeit scheme

Why cloud repatriation is a ‘fallacy’
By Ross Kelly published
In-depth While cloud repatriation could offer cost savings, most organizations don’t have the desire to shift away from public cloud

IBM to open first European quantum data center promising access to 'cutting-edge processing'
By Ross Kelly published
News The data center will be designed to help those clients struggling to keep up with challenging EU data regulations

Forget hardware, Apple’s WWDC software announcements showcase the company’s true innovative flair
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis New productivity features, enhanced browsing capabilities, and AI integration in software shows the company is still a leading software innovator

Spotify to layoff 2% of its workforce amid ‘strategic realignment’ drive
By Ross Kelly published
News The cuts follow a previous round of layoffs at Spotify in January this year

Play ransomware gang says it's behind attack on major Spanish bank
By Ross Kelly published
News The Globalcaja incident marks the latest in a string of highly disruptive attacks waged by the Play ransomware group

Horabot campaign targeted businesses for more than two years before finally being discovered
By Ross Kelly published
News The newly-discovered Horabot botnet has attacked companies in the accounting, investment, and construction sectors in particular

Warning issued over ‘widespread’ exploitation of Zyxel NAS devices
By Ross Kelly published
News Zyxel has been forced to issue patches for several vulnerabilities affecting NAS devices

Barracuda network appliance vulnerability “actively exploited” for seven months
By Ross Kelly published
News The company has issued a patch, but warned customers that the vulnerability left them exposed for over half a year

CrowdStrike’s new generative AI security tool harnesses human-validated threat data
By Ross Kelly published
News Charlotte AI will be trained on a “continuous human feedback loop” from CrowdStrike security products

Toyota customers in Asia & Oceania at risk following recent data leak
By Ross Kelly published
News The incident marks the third data leak in the space of a year for Toyota

Why are AI innovators pushing so hard for regulation?
By Ross Kelly published
Opinion Tech giants are scrambling to curry favor with lawmakers amid a pending regulatory crackdown

Sam Altman reverses threat to ‘leave Europe’ over AI regulations
By Ross Kelly published
News Altman’s comments during a panel discussion on Wednesday sparked criticism from EU lawmakers

ASUS, Cisco, Netgear devices exploited in ongoing Chinese hacking campaign
By Ross Kelly published
News Critical national infrastructure is the target of sustained attempts from state-sponsored hackers, according to Five Eyes advisories

Azure AD vulnerability gave attackers backdoor authentication control
By Ross Kelly published
News Secureworks shared its findings with Microsoft in 2022, and the company has since issued changes to improve audit logs

Rogue IT worker extorted company after hijacking ransomware attack
By Ross Kelly published
News Liles’ involvement in the scheme was revealed after unauthorized email access was traced to his home address

Microsoft Build 2023: Microsoft Fabric and oodles of Azure AI integrations announced
By Ross Kelly published
News Microsoft Fabric aims to greatly improve developer productivity and simplify real-time analytics

PyPI attack: Targeting of repository 'shows no sign of stopping'
By Ross Kelly published
News Greater collaboration and understanding of attackers’ tactics is key to mitigating open source security threats

The reality of mass AI-linked job cuts is here
By Ross Kelly published
Opinion The trickle of AI-related job losses will inevitably lead to a torrent, and we’ve been naive to the dangers

Meta to fight “unjustified” record $1.3 billion GDPR fine
By Ross Kelly published
News The company has been ordered to cease EU-US data transfers

Internet Explorer backtrack means users can choose when final features are removed
By Ross Kelly published
News Organizations can “determine the timing” for removing IE11 visual references

Apple staff restricted from using ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot
By Ross Kelly published
News The ban follows lingering concerns that employees using ChatGPT might leak company information

AWS' $13 billion India expansion shows why South Asia is next cloud hotspot
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis The big three hyperscalers view India as a prime market for expansion in light of recent growth
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