Hello from Immersive HQ in Bristol UK where last week we hosted our first ever in-person community meetup.

Ever since we launched this community last September we've been keen to find ways to make it more than just a collection of online forums and blogs about our products, and it would appear that you agree! Last Thursday 45 of you turned out for a  standing-room only night of cybersecurity talks including the History of Encryption and the Future of Quantum Computing... it was great to put some faces to usernames!

These sessions were not recorded, so you'll have to join us for our next meetup to see what it's all about.

If you can't make it to Bristol, we are working on our plans to go further afield in the future. If you'd like to speak at a meetup or can offer accomodation please let us know.

🏆 The Human Connection Challenge

Over 250 of you attempted this month's challenge, but only 10 completed it before the deadline!

🥇 First to Finish

Once again steven completed the lab just a few hours after it's release! How does he do it?

⏱️ Fastest to Complete

Steven was also the fastest to complete, with onkelstony coming in second in just under 3 hours.

🎯 Most Accurate

Despite the difficulty, the following members all got 100% accuracy in their first attempt: BigChungus autom8on Markus IotS2024 Xat 

💪 Most Persistent

This month, the most persistent award goes to audeyisaacscba netcat barney MathewM 

Congratulations to all of our winners! If you haven't completed it yet you can find the walkthrough here.

📰 Community Updates

This month we've been mostly concerned with last week's meetup, so there's not been too many changes around here, but hopefully you didn't mis BenMcCarthy and benhopkins fantastic SmokeLoader Blog Series:

• Reverse Engineering SmokeLoader: An In-Depth Analysis (Stage 1)
• Reverse Engineering SmokeLoader: An In-Depth Analysis (Stage 2)
• Reverse Engineering SmokeLoader: An In-Depth Analysis (Part 3)

🙌 Special Shout Outs

This month we are introducing a new feature to the newsletter where we give thanks to the most helpful members in our Help & Support Forum.

If you'd like to see your name here one day, head on over to the forum and answer a question.

🔮 Looking Forward

The penultimate community challenge was launched earlier today and we have big plans for the season finale in May!

Meanwhile, the project to integrate our Knowledge Base with the Community is in full swing and we anticipate that you will be able to use the search bar at the top of this page as a one stop shop for all of your Immersive needs in just a few weeks.

I'm personally looking forward to the next Puppetmaster Crisis Sim on Thursday 3rd April and of course, the next meetup on 7th May at our Bristol HQ.

Finally, we want to hear from you! Please give us your feedback on your community experience and let us know what else you'd like to see.

See you in the community soon!

Kieran