🏁 Episode 7 of Season 1 of The Human Connection Challenge is Closed! 🏁
Hey everyone, We hope you enjoyed Lab 7 of The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 our most difficult challenge yet! It's been fantastic to see the community collaborating and sharing your experiences, thanks to everyone who shared their hints, tips and support. 19 of you successfully completed this lab and over 300 of you have been entered into the prize draw to win some fantastic prizes: 🥇 Tickets, Flights & Accommodation to an Immersive Summit in NYC or London 🥈 2 x PlayStation®5 Consoles 🥉 10 x Apple AirPods or JBL Headphones 👕 Much coveted Immersive swag and goodies! We will be drawing names out of the hat later today and will contact the winners directly. As per usual, the lab walkthrough will be shared shortly and we have a special webinar about the lab on Thursday. Join us to hear directly from lab author and evil genius StefanApostol. In the meantime, please drop a comment below and let us know how you got on with this challenge, and what you would like to see from Season 2...The Human Connection Challenge Closes in 5 days!
There are just 5 days left to try your hand at The Human Connection Challenge! Whether you've completed one, two, more or even none of the seven labs, make sure you dive into the collection to maximise your chances of winning some awesome prizes: 🥇 Tickets, Flights & Accommodation to an Immersive Summit in NYC or London 🥈 2 x PlayStation®5 Consoles 🥉 10 x Apple AirPods or JBL Headphones 👕 Much coveted Immersive swag and goodies! How it works Simply complete one or more of the seven challenge labs before Monday 2nd June to be entered into the prize draw. You’ll receive one entry for each challenge lab you complete, completing all seven labs will give you seven chances to win! Labs cover the following topics: Basic OS Skills Scanning Web Exploitation Linux Windows Thick Client Applications Active Directory If you get stuck, walkthrough guides are available on our community blog for Labs 1 - 6 here. In addition, you can use the Help & Support forum for peer-to-peer support. For more info about the GO GO GO!Cyber Countdown: Day 1
Lab of the Day Every day we’re revisiting a standout lab from the past year—highlighting its impact and the skills it helped build, whilst also introducing you to the experts who built it. To get us started, today’s lab is of course Episode 2 of our Community Challenge -Scanning. In this lab we’ll test your scanning and enumeration skills but other than that, you’ll find limited information available to guide you. Lab author BethHolden, Cyber Security Engineer here at Immersive Labs is passionate about offensive cybersecurity and created this challenge as a little Christmas treat. The lab contains a range of tools which may provide multiple ways to solve the challenge, she’s eager to see how well you fare – good luck! As a reminder, we reward the top performing community members in the following categories: 🥇 First to Finish ⏱️ Fastest to Complete 🎯 Most Accurate 💪 Most Persistent 🎁 Spot Prizes In addition, at the end of each month, the lab author will provide a walkthrough to guide you through the lab and share hints, tips and expert advice on how to approach similar labs in the future. We also encourage you to submit your own walkthrough guides to community@immersivelabs.com and we will feature any unique approaches in their own Community Walkthrough Guide. You can read more about Season 1 of the Human Connection Challenge here. To be in with a chance of a prize you have until midnight on Sunday 22nd December 2024 to complete episode 2! To find the lab in the Immersive Labs Platform, Click Exercise > Challenges & Scenarios > The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 > Scanning 🔔 Don’t miss out – there are 5 more labs to come in this challenge series. Make sure you're following the CHALLENGES Tag to get notified as soon as each one is released. Good Luck!🏁 Episode 6 of Season 1 of The Human Connection Challenge is Closed! 🏁
Hey everyone, We hope you had a blast tackling Lab 6 of The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1. With phrases like "tasty", "hardest one yet," and even "clueless" popping up in the discussions, it's no secret that the evil genuis StefanApostol had created quite the brain-bender! It's been fantastic to see the community collaborating and sharing your experiences, thanks to everyone who shared their hints and tips. Out of 274 attempts, a remarkable 14 of you successfully cracked the code - huge congratulations to those who conquered this challenge! Curious to know who the speediest and most persistent were? We'll be announcing the winners in our next monthly newsletter, coming out in May, so keep an eye on your inboxes 🔔 Don't rest on your laurels for too long, though! The next lab will be the SEASON FINALE and will be going live on 5th May. Make sure you're following the CHALLENGES Tag to get notified the moment it drops. You won't want to miss itThe Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 Episode 7 Is Now Live!
The 7th and final episode of Season 1 is here! Prove you skills in this Active Directory challenge! Welcome to the seventh instalment of the Human Connection Challenge: Season 1. This lab tests your ability to move around Active Directory and abuse its misconfigurations. As this is a challenge lab, you'll find limited information available to guide you. However, we've recently released the Introduction to Active Directory Attacks collection, where you can learn some of the most common AD attacks. This, combined with our already existing Kerberos collection, should give you all the tools necessary to complete this challenge. If you're new to the challenge, we reward the top-performing community members in the following categories with physical and digital challenge coins: 🥇 First to Finish ⏱️ Fastest to Complete 🎯 Most Accurate 💪 Most Persistent 🎁 Spot Prizes What's more, as this is the final episode of the season, we have some awesome prizes up for grabs if you complete one or more challenge lab before the 2nd June (Read more here). When the challenge ends, lab author StefanApostol will provide a walkthrough to guide you through the lab and share hints, tips and expert advice on how to approach this lab, so you can compare notes and learn techniques for the future. You're also very welcome to submit your own walkthrough guides to community@immersivelabs.com because we know that there are multiple methods you take to complete the challenge labs. We'll showcase any unique approaches taken. You can read more about Season 1 of the Human Connection Challenge here. To be in with a chance of a challenge coin you have until midnight on 23:59 BST on Sunday 1st June to complete episode 7! To find the lab in the Immersive Labs Platform, Click Exercise > Challenges & Scenarios > The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 > Active Directory Good luck! 🤞The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 Episode 6 Is Now Live!
Welcome to the sixth instalment of the Human Connection Challenge: Season 1. This lab tests your ability to analyze and exploit Thick Client applications. As this is a challenge lab, you'll find limited information available to guide you. Good luck! 🤞 If you're new to the challenge, we reward the top-performing community members in the following categories with physical and digital prizes, like our all-new challenge coin: 🥇 First to Finish ⏱️ Fastest to Complete 🎯 Most Accurate 💪 Most Persistent 🎁 Spot Prizes When the challenge ends, lab author StefanApostol will provide a walkthrough to guide you through the lab and share hints, tips and expert advice on how to approach this lab, so you can compare notes and learn techniques for the future. You're also very welcome to submit your own walkthrough guides to community@immersivelabs.com because we know that there are multiple methods you take to complete the challenge labs. We'll showcase any unique approaches taken. You can read more about Season 1 of the Human Connection Challenge here. To be in with a chance of a prize you have until midnight on Sunday 20th April to complete episode 6! To find the lab in the Immersive Labs Platform, Click Exercise > Challenges & Scenarios > The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 > Thick Client 🔔 There are 7 labs within this series so make sure you're following the CHALLENGES Tag to get notified as soon as the final lab is released! Now it's time to take on that challenge! Let us know how you got on in the comments below!What do you prioritise during team cyber attack simulations?
Are you responsible for creating and/or assigning cyber attack simulations to teams within your organisation? 🚨 These planned and facilitated exercise are designed to test and evaluate an organisation's preparedness and response capabilities in the event of a cyber incident, and we are looking to understand how you prioritise aspects of these team events. Please share your expertise with us by answering 2 questions about what is most important to you when planning and running these exercises. Your feedback will help to shape future Immersive products. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/drills-priorities Thank you!🏁 Episode 5 of Season 1 of The Human Connection Challenge is Closed! 🏁
We hope that you all enjoyed the fifth lab of The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1! All those who started Episode 5 managed to complete the challenge, but some serious hours were racked up on this lab only, which demonstrates great talent and persistence of this community! Are these challenges getting harder? Let us know your feedback. Lab author StefanApostol will be releasing a written another walkthrough guide in the community today so that you can see how he would approach the lab, but remember, there are many methods that can be used to solve it. The winners will be announced in our next monthly newsletter April. 🔔 Don’t miss out – the next lab (and the penultimate lab of the season) will go live on Monday, March 31st. Make sure you're following the CHALLENGES Tag to get notified as soon as it’s released. Let us know how you got on this time around - maybe you’ll inspire someone else with your tips.The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 Episode 5 Is Now Live!
Each new challenge lab introduces a new area designed to put you to the test. This month, we're calling for you to show off your Windows skills! If you're new to the challenge, we reward the top-performing community members in the following categories with physical and digital prizes, like our all-new challenge coin: 🥇 First to Finish ⏱️ Fastest to Complete 🎯 Most Accurate 💪 Most Persistent 🎁 Spot Prizes When the challenge ends, lab author StefanApostol will provide a walkthrough to guide you through the lab and share hints, tips and expert advice on how to approach this lab, so you can compare notes and learn techniques for the future. You're also very welcome to submit your own walkthrough guides to community@immersivelabs.com because we know that there are multiple methods you take to complete the challenge labs. We'll showcase any unique approaches taken. You can read more about Season 1 of the Human Connection Challenge here. To be in with a chance of a prize you have until midnight on Sunday 23rd March to complete episode 5! To find the lab in the Immersive Labs Platform, Click Exercise > Challenges & Scenarios > The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 > Windows 🔔 Don’t miss out – there are 4 more labs to come in this challenge series. Make sure you're following the CHALLENGES Tag to get notified as soon as each one is released. Good Luck! 🤞
