Hello from Immersive HQ where once again we're getting ready for our next in-person community meetup on Thursday, June 12th. Come and join us for another evening of talks from cyber security experts RobertKlentzeris​, KevBreen​ and MisterV​.

🎁 Community Challenge Season 1

Congratulations to every single one of you who attempted our community challenge labs. Since we launched the challenge in November 420 of you have collectively logged over 2,600  lab attempts!

Don't worry if you struggled. All of the walkthrough guides are available here.

We are in the process of contacting the Season winners.

🏆 The Human Connection Challenge

Over 100 of you attempted this month's challenge, and 19 completed it before the deadline!

🥇 First to Finish

Waqar​ was the fastest community member to complete the lab - looks like you registered a community account just in time!

⏱️ Fastest to Complete

Jamesstammers2​ was the fastest to complete in just under 4 hours.

🎯 Most Accurate

Markus​ onkelstony​ Jamesstammers2​ m0ns00n​ IotS2024​ barney​ gromych​ Xat​ CyberSharpe​ phurtim​ frakattk​ and netcat​ all got 100% - Nicely done everyone!

💪 Most Persistent

Congrats to chuz2z​ who spent over 12 hours on this lab!

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

The Community Challenge is taking a short break while we prepare for Season 2. Please drop a comment below and let us know what you'd like to see in the next season.

📰 Community Updates

Here are some of my favourite community articles from the last month:

This month GreggOgden​ posted a 3 part series on Level Up Your Organisation's Resilience Using Cyber Drills:

Part 1: Unlocking the Power of Cyber Drills with Immersive

Part 2: Planning and Executing Effective Cyber Drills with Immersive

Part 3: Analyzing Results and Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement

🛡️ Container 7 Updates

Did you notice our new Container 7 blog? Container 7 is the new home for our team of cyber security experts to post about their research, insights, and the latest threats and vulnerabilities that you need to know about.

Patch Newsday May 2025 - As per usual, the Container 7 team have reviewed the latest Microsoft patches so that you don't have to.

ZEROLOT Analysis - Inside Sandworm’s Destructive New Wiper

Decoding the May Retail Cyber Onslaught - Inside the World of Ransomware Cartels and Social Engineering

🙌 Special Shout Outs

Please join me in thanking this month's 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

Did I mention that we have a meetup in Bristol on Thursday, June 12th?

Not in Bristol? Don't worry, next month we hope to host a meetup in London. Please get in touch if you would like to host us or speak.

We also have lots of cyber drills taking place globally, you can find the details on our events page.

Did you hear about the Immersive Cyber Resilience Awards 2025? Read on to learn how you can qualify for nine different awards this October.

As always, 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