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For years, the service desk has operated on a simple model: something breaks, an employee reports it, and IT works to fix it. It’s a necessary function, but it’s also inherently reactive. By the time…

Scott Steele, COO
September 16, 2026 5 Min Read

 On July 14, Microsoft released security updates addressing 570 vulnerabilities, nearly triple the previous record and more than any single...

Simon White, Incident Response Team Lead
July 23, 2026 4 Min Read

Microsoft released an emergency patch on July 9, 2026, for a Microsoft Defender zero-day vulnerability dubbed “RoguePlanet” (CVE...

Simon White, Incident Response Analyst
July 16, 2026 < 1 Min Read
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We track active phishing campaigns in the Thrive Adversary Operations Group (AOG) all day, every day. And here is what we keep seeing. Defenders still think phishing means fake login pages asking for passwords. That…

Simon White, Incident Response Analyst
July 13, 2026 5 Min Read

I track underground cybercrime markets as an adversary operations group (AOG) analyst. In December 2025, I counted 38 dark web forum posts about AI hacking tools. In February 2026, I counted nearly 1,500. The explosion…

Simon White, Incident Response Analyst
July 9, 2026 5 Min Read

 CISA added four vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in the last ten days of June and the first days of July. Each one is being exploited in the wild right now. Two carry CVSS 10.0…

Simon White, Incident Response Analyst
July 6, 2026 4 Min Read

Strong governance has always served as the cornerstone of a secure, efficient, and well-managed digital workplace. Microsoft 365 has become ...

Daniel Suenkel, Director of Microsoft Advisory
May 18, 2026 4 Min Read

Modern organizations rely on the Microsoft ecosystem—including identity, security, collaboration, data, analytics, automation, and AI—to...

Daniel Suenkel, Director of Microsoft Advisory
May 1, 2026 4 Min Read

Microsoft is a major technology foundation for millions of businesses – but because it is so ubiquitous in organizations, it can make chan...

Danielle Gagnon, Thrive marketing
September 17, 2025 4 Min Read

Simplify Governance for Your Mid-Market Business Managing Microsoft 365 can be challenging for mid-market businesses, especially when it comes to security, compliance, and data protection. Without a clear governance strategy, organizations risk inefficiencies, unauthorized access,…

February 27, 2025 < 1 Min Read

In today’s digital era, leveraging advanced tools like Microsoft Copilot can significantly enhance productivity and decision-making. However, the accuracy and effectiveness of these AI-driven solutions are heavily dependent on the quality and organization of the…

Matt Tabor, Director, Microsoft Platform Services, Thrive
March 18, 2024 2 Min Read