Community Launched!
I'm excited to announce the launch of our new Immersive Labs community, The Human Connection! We founded Immersive Labs to empower the world's largest organizations with the knowledge, skills, and judgment necessary to confront rising cyber attacks. In service of that mission, our new community gives customers and other cyber professionals like you a hub to support each other and collaborate on solutions. Together, we can join forces to make the world a more secure, resilient place. I encourage you to continue to ask questions and share your expertise with other members. Many thanks, Your CEO & Founder of Immersive Labs JamesWelcome to YOUR Community!
I am excited to welcome our Immersive Labs customers and enthusiasts to this fantastic new community - another exciting milestone in our partnership with you 🤝 We created this space to foster human connections, so that all of our valued customers have the opportunity to collaborate, communicate, and ask questions directly to us and to other customers 💬 I am truly honoured to be part of this digital journey with you, and I look forward with anticipation to the conversations, ideas, and innovation we can cultivate together💡 Your Chief Customer Officer, JulieThis Week in The Human Connection: Cybersecurity Results Month - Week 4
Let's start by welcoming this week's new members 👋 Manumvs Bluesman Msak brightbond sergioverges Gautam Cyb3rM0nK3y Ap LiamM hobbyhunter Raikia tacobacocrunchwrap3 AJinUK Mel m1zt3rIL ColeS gdellunto barkingseal mateyo6098 octo55 A-Rai-Col ot truonpa Cyndy Bala dkhaze7411 Phish_Taco Las009 mhuijting It's so great to see our community growing and we hope that you are all enjoying exploring what it has to offer. In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Cybersecurity Awareness Results Month - Week 4 This October at Immersive we’re flipping the script. Say goodbye to Awareness Month and hello to Cybersecurity Results Month. Come andsee what we have planned. Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Customer Awards! This week, we celebrated the organizations and individuals who have shown exceptional dedication to learning and defending against emerging threats, building organizational resilience and pushing the boundaries of their cybersecurity knowledge through the Immersive Labs platform. Go and give the winners some well-deserved recognition over in the blog comments! steven & prbare amongst this year's winners 👏🏆 Exclusive Events 🎤 Don't miss today's event,Virtual Crisis Sim: Puppet Master's Revenge, followed by a deeper dive with JonPaulGabrieleClemCravenTomBoyle at Crisis Ready: Mastering the Design and Execution of Simulation for Real-World Resilience.Here, our experts will teach you the art of designing and executing impactful crisis simulations at our very first ✨community exclusive✨ event! Don't forget to sign up and submit your questions to the panel in advance! Looking forward, we're excited to take our Cyber Drills Roadshow to three new cities, Zurich, Dallas & Toronto next week. Make sure to say hi to CourtneyGuss , JamieKnobles & DanPotter if you're planning on being there. Expert Guidance EllaBendrickChartier shared an invaluable resource for managers about how to Balance Your Business with the Buzz of the latest CVEs in the news. Ella shares suggested learning paths by sector, doing the hard work for you! 🐝 BenMcCarthy is back with more brand-new CTI labs, this time on Cobalt Strike Host Forensics and SIEM Analysis. In these labs, you can learn how to defend against the prolific C2 framework! 🛡️ Community Events This week KieranRowley attended the CyberFirst Bursary Career Fair to spread the word of Cyber Million and meet with both applicants and employment partners. We have a dedicated Cyber Million forum and blog within this community, so if you're on the program, want to find out more, or want to share your experience with Cyber Million, we'd love to hear from you! Community Updates Many members have posted their questions to the Help & Support Forum this week - if you’ve got the know how and want to climb the Immersive Legend ladder, head to the Answer Questions tab! Don't forget, you’ll need to be logged in to comment on posts. Simply head to the top-right of the page to register or sign in. Add your username, avatar and bio in your settings, and you're good to go!Cyber Resilience Advisors
Welcome to your community. Here, you can converse and ask questions to expand your knowledge of cyber and get the most out of the platform. The title of this post is "Cyber Resilience Advisors." So, what are they, and how do they help? A Cyber Resilience Advisor is a professional who guides organizations in developing and managing their cybersecurity workforce. They may assist with strategy development, talent acquisition, career development, performance management, and training for cybersecurity roles. Their ultimate goal is to ensure the organization has a highly skilled, competent, and effective cybersecurity team to protect against and respond to cyber threats. So, what am I telling you this? Immersive Labs has a multitude of SMEs across a broad spectrum of skills and professions with whom you can interact and ask questions as part of the community. I am a Cyber Resilience Advisor and part of the Cyber Resilience Team. We are on here as well. It is a cliche, but in cyber, we really are in this together; we gain security through knowledge, and here is the perfect vehicle to gain that in conjunction with the platform. I look forward to joining you all in the community and helping make your cybersecurity visions a reality, regardless of your skill sets and experience. As a community, we can accomplish anything. Clem CravenThis Week in The Human Connection: Cybersecurity Results Month - Week 3
First up, welcome to those who have joined The Human Connection community this week: flyingnoodles adamzamora Fastlime MP WeWantDrills Shaakir GaryElvin ephemerallabyrinth1 SteveAW adamheaton Harvey1066 Snaerulf sprungec unveilgroup deepakitkar rachelmerendino BenjaminSchultze en4rab Garry Blackstar oslotho ericsmithcomputers p076266 RB007 briannaleddy Hannatu lunamuna ✨ 👋 In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Cybersecurity Awareness Results Month - Week 3 Announcing the Immersive Labs Customer Awards 2024 🏆 In honor of Cybersecurity Results Month, we're recognizing organizations and individuals who have excelled in learning and defending against emerging threats, building resilience, and advancing their cybersecurity skills with Immersive Labs. This year's Customer Awards will spotlight top performers in the following categories: Emerging Threats Award, Cyber Resilience Award, and the Trailblazer Award. Stay tuned for winner announcements next week! Return to Haunted Hollow 👻 This Halloween, the Return to Haunted Hollow lab collection brings a spine-tingling sequel to last year’s cyber fright fest, offering 9 terrifying labs that challenge your cybersecurity skills. From decoding encrypted secrets to hunting ghosts in packet captures, this eerie capture-the-flag experience is designed to test both seasoned experts and curious newcomers alike. With a difficulty range of 2-6, and an estimated 5 hours to complete, brave souls will need to navigate the Haunted Hollow’s darkest corners to escape the horrors lurking within. Remember, you can summon help from the shadows and collaborate with fellow friendly ghosts by posting in the Help & Support Forum. Exclusive Events 🎤 Remember to check out our events page for exclusive upcoming events this month including the Virtual Crisis Sim: Puppet Master's Revenge& an opportunity to go backstage with JonPaulGabriele for our community-only webinar, Crisis Ready: Mastering the Design and Execution of Simulation for Real-World Resilience,where you'll gain expert insights and practical tips for creating impactful crisis simulations and to put your crisis sim questions to the experts. Expert Guidance KitHudson delivered yet another informative deep-dive into a recent vulnerabilities, this time focussing on CVE-2024:30051 & what you need to know about the Windows DWM core library elevation of privilege vulnerability. Here, you can learn how Qakbot malware allowed data theft and full system control, how to project your teams & which Immersive Labs content to complete to upskill against this particular vulnerability. Community Updates We love to see so many of you making use of the Help & Support Forum to give and get support. If you’ve got the know how and want to share your expertise with peers, head to the Answer Questions tab under to win community badges, gain a legendary status within the community and access to our coming-soon ambassador program! Don't forget, you’ll need to be logged in to comment on posts. Simply head to the top-right of the page to register or sign in. Add your username, avatar and bio in your settings, and you're good to go!This Week in The Human Connection: Cybersecurity Results Month - Week 5
Welcome to this week's new members 👋 Dougout lchenliang kpipinis z00peckteaball ykarri1984 RS KaytiH mkelaher annawallace djizzy emmabarclay gswiss andrew22 SDias VeraK Em666 msyyc millsk phil_w tarjahuttunen cybertester moha24649 justajolt jdbtee ra T3S0r0 Hani cammy gillmc Pak_Li EPEREZ mixonc GVSUrange Balen_2003 Luke davebennett Regolodeon tillebak noobr rodantony55 BeluczakDelmar JoeP cavis Sawicki arshad LizB MarkBedford ruarimacgregor clermagic225 smathers5 CM FelipeST jbright tbennett702 luketap Samuel taradelargy Kmerz5 Tom_s autom8on NickDrage sconway preciousm GrahamHedley BrianTraversSSU garypowers jcowanjr Berrow It's great to have you here and we hope you'll gain from this space to share industry knowledge, insights, resources and expertise. In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Cybersecurity Results Month This week marked the final week of our Cybersecurity Results Month celebrations, and it went out with a bang as many of you took to Toronto, Dallas and Zurich to take part in our Cyber Drills Roadshow and earn your challenge coin. Here's the event in action in Zurich! Crisis Ready: Mastering the Design and Execution of Simulation for Real-World Resilience Today's the day! Come and joinJonPaulGabriele TomBoyle& ClemCraven behind the curtain and learn the art of designing and executing impactful crisis simulations in this interactive webinar. Don't forget to register to attend and submit your questions to our expert panel here. Expert Guidance The CTI legend BenMcCarthy has dropped a brand new CTI Lab: Typelib: COM Persistenceand shares the significance of it in his blog article. The content aims to educate SOC analysts, incident responders, threat hunters and malware analysts on recognizing and defending against the persistent technique. Solutions Consultant EvanStockmon made his debut in The Human Connection with insights into How Assess & Recommend can Unlock your Potential. If you haven't used the Immersive Labs Assess & Recommend feature, go and check out this blog to find out how you can leverage it within your organisaton to create personalised learning paths aligned to NIST NICE Framework. Discussions We love to see more and more of you coming to theHelp & Support Forum to collaborate on lab challenges and more. If you want that warm fuzzy feeling of having your answer marked as an accepted solution the come and share your expertise and help your fellow community members progress with Immersive Labs. AtakanBal Fastlime & IronLady18 are still seeking hints. Community Updates The November Community Newsletter is here!KieranRowley shared reflections from the past month, including our customer awards, expert insights shared within the community and of course highlighting those who are contributing to this wonderful collective of cyber knowledge. Christmas Crisis Sim Showdown! We're excited to announce that we'll be producing a brand new Christmas-themed crisis simulation, but we need your help to choose which one will make it to the top! You now have the opportunity to vote for your favourite Christmas-themed crisis sim within the community. The winner will to be put into production by our Crisis Sim Lead, JonPaulGabrieleand released in December... Go go go! 🎄🎅This Week in The Human Connection
Welcome to our new members this week charlene csheasby1 johndoe321 NHK NnekaAN1 mariusm JasDo silvaroohub f_alharthi94 CyberSharpe Johnleigbe Elyes-Ferjani elnara777 mavec natelott cloudshieldtech eam2nd me5382 PabloRocaRigazzio CF917192 faheemshahid tayfun xaxanoulis13 jameel RakanBarakat LN1 Kdemetr OmarAlRashdi woodsk518 TH3C0D3B734K37 ekoo we're glad to have you here ✨ 👋 In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Community Events Join JonPaulGabriele ClemCraven & TomBoylefor this exclusive backstage webinar, a week on from the Puppet Master’s Revenge virtual Crisis Sim event this Cybersecurity Results Month. Our experts will share tips for planning and executing your own Crisis Simulation, so you can walk away ready to plan your own exercise. Register forCrisis Ready Webinar: Mastering the Design and Execution of Simulation for Real-World Resilience here. Here’s one for our growing community in Bristol! Have you always wanted to get into tech but haven’t been sure where to start? Perhaps you’re considering a career change, or are currently undertaking our Cyber Million program. An introduction to Entry to Tech: Bristol Edition with Coding Black Females is one not to miss. Come along to learn more about Entry to Tech and listen to our graduates talk about their journeys into tech, what it’s like doing a Coding Black Females bootcamp, how to apply and much more. Immersive Labs' Cyber Drills Roadshow is going (even more) global! Zurich, Charlotte and Dallas have been confirmed as additional locations for our Cyber Drills Roadshow taking place this Cybersecurity Results Month - reserve your seat now! Expert Guidance In her article Cozy Bear? Not So Cozy... EllaBendrickChartier explores the tactics and techniques used by the Cozy Bear threat actor group in their recent exploits and highlights content to help your teams stay resilient against the attack vectors used by the group, complete with bear puns. Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, BenMcCarthy shared hot-off-the-press details on the Linux RCE that was leaked and released early and announced our new CTI Lab covering this, all within 24 hours! Check it out. Like this content? Share it out to your teams and follow The Human Connection blog so that you never miss an update when a new article is published. To follow a blog, click the bell icon 🔔 at the top of any blog that you want to follow. Community Updates This week, the Help & Support Forum saw discussions and solutions from cross-site scripting to public key infrastructure. Do you have experience with Detection Engineering? If so, why not share your expertise with f_alharthi94 on their question Introduction to Detection Engineering: Ep.5 – Custom Alerting. Want to share your expertise but haven’t registered an account with The Human Connection? If you're not logged in, you cannot comment or interact with posts in the community. Simply head to the top-right of the page to register or sign in. Add your username, avatar and bio in your settings, and you're good to go!Weekly Round-Up in The Human Connection
Weekly Round-Up This week, we welcomed a wealth of new members to the community. It's great to have you all here! ✨ 👋 🚀 In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Cyber Security Awareness Results Month Get the rundown of what’s happening at Immersive Labs this October for Cybersecurity Results Month and register for one of our events! We'll share weekly insights throughout October here in The Human Connection. Be a part of it! Cybersecurity Results Month Cyber Threat Intelligence Our world-class Cyber Threat Research team have been busy releasing new lab content at the speed of cyber. Hear from our Lead Cybersecurity EngineerBenMcCarthy , who announced the drop of these new labs and shared expert insights into the vulnerabilities: New CTI Lab: CVE-2024-30051 (Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege) – Defensive New CTI Lab: CVE-2024-38112 and CVE-2024-43461 (Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing): Defensive Expert Guidance KitHudson examined CVE-2024-3094, a critical vulnerability in on Linux systems and shares practical steps to protect your systems, as well as related Immersive Labs content to help you upskill: Understanding CVE-2024-3094: A Major Software Security Issue in XZ Utils Product Updates Get the latest product and content updates here in The Human Connection. If you're a customer, you'll be able to access hot-off-the-press release notes in the Learn blog every month: September 2024 Release Notes Community Updates clermagic224schmittyshubham Mail and User sought answers in the Help & Support Forum, while NigelWright postedhis latest cyber read in the Community Forum. Want to share your expertise? Share your thoughts on their posts, and why not Introduce Yourself on our Director of Community, KieranRowleypost? Don't Miss a Beat - we’ll be sharing new content every week! Follow our blogs so that you never miss an update when a new article is published. To follow a blog, click the bell icon 🔔 at the top of any blog that you want to follow. Get your Team in on this Have you spotted an article you wish you could share with your team, or have a few in mind who’d love to engage with The Human Connection? Invite your friends and colleagues! All you need to do is direct them to community.immersivelabs.comcommunity.immersivelabs.comThis Week in The Human Connection
Firstly, a very warm welcome to this week's new members 👋 KBobble Anonymous MacWarren wubzydadbod KelvinK ker OverClocked udhav Vladyslav RobN boulton ABH93 -jlo- harish-nayani In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Community Updates Introducing The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 This week saw the release of the very first lab in The Human Connection Challenge: Season 1. Each month you’ll be given the chance to showcase your cybersecurity skills across a range of topics and climb the Season 1 Leaderboard over the course of 7 labs. Challenge accepted? How about a little more competition for GusC & udhav?! Crisis Ready: Mastering the Design and Execution of Simulation for Real-World Resilience Thanks to all who attended last Friday's crisis sim masterclass webinar. If you missed it or simply want to refresh your memory, you can watch the recording here. An extra special thanks to those who submitted questions to the panel. If your question didn't get answered during the webinar, we've posted the questions, along with answers from JonPaulGabriele our Crisis Sim Lead over in the Help & Support Forum. Christmas Crisis Sim Showdown Votes Revealed 🥁🎄 Last Friday, we released a poll for your favourite Christmas-themed Crisis Sim scenario and we're excited to share that after counting the votes, Christmas Tree-son is the winning scenario! JonPaulGabriele will now put this scenario into production in time for December... Watch this space on news to participate in the virtual crisis sim! Expert Guidance New CTI Lab: CRON#TRAP – Linux Environment Emulation CTI extraordinaire BenMcCarthy has dropped an article about our newest CTI Lab: CRON#TRAP – Linux Environment Emulation. The article explores how a malicious actor has been gaining access to endpoints through the use of phishing and a virtual machine. Check it out now! Feature Focus: Introducing the AI Scenario Generator New feature alert! Product Manager EmmaWalker announced the AI Scenario Generator in her feature focus article. The AI feature will be released on12 November for Crisis Sim customers. Read Emma's article for best practice and guidance with the AI Scenario Generator. Here at Immersive HQ, we're always listening out for user feedback to improve our products, and are specifically seeking feedback from customers who create crisis sims and who might use the AI Scenario Generator. If this is you, head to PamelaSmith latest post to sign yourself up! Discussions As always, we love to see community users supporting one another on this platform & we want to extend a special thanks to those who have gone out of their way to help a community peer, either in our Help & Support Forum or Cyber Million Forum. If you’ve got the know how and want to climb the Immersive Legend ladder, head to the Answer Questionstab! Don't forget, you’ll need to be logged in to comment on posts. Simply head to the top-right of the page to register or sign in. Add your username, avatar and bio in your settings, and you're good to go!This Week in The Human Connection: Cybersecurity Results Month - Week 2
Let's start by welcoming this week's new members: RB007 briannaleddy Hannatu lunamuna vinr IronLady18 jamesgerlach austinj2030 Oliver tomajaa jumal_key13 evarcas sdroyster davensky GusC sarahjeo shafaris Sas EricCulpepper asimpson HemanthDavuluri mkkarim darrinr qwerty Farrandamilton anton_naeslund Chris ✨ 👋 It's so great to see our community growing and we hope that you are all enjoying exploring the community. In case you missed it, here’s a selection of our favourite content from The Human Connection this week: Cybersecurity Awareness Results Month - Week 2 This October at Immersive we’re flipping the script. Say goodbye to Awareness Month and hello to Cybersecurity Results Month. Come and see what we have planned: Cybersecurity Results Month Cyber Drill Dubai This week we ran an incredibly successful Cyber Drill in partnership with the UAE Cyber Security Council which you cansee in action here. If you want to know when the Cyber Drills Roadshow is coming to your city, check out our events page: Events Customer Awards To celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month we're celebrating you – our customers with our inaugural Immersive Labs customer awards! Whether you’re an Immersive Labs superstar flying high at the top of our leaderboards, or an organization consistently upskilling and responding to emerging threats, keep your eyes peeled over the coming days as we unveil some of our winners and celebrate those pushing the boundaries of cyber resilience with Immersive Labs. Host Your Own Hacktober Here in the community, mbeyerSC , Security Awareness Officer for Swisscom, shared a step-by-step guide to help you run your very own Hacktober event: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting Your Own Hacktober Event Will you be following in Marcus' footsteps and hosting a Hacktober event this Cybersecurity Results Month? Whatever your plans, we'd love to hear them. Come and tell us all about it and share your ideas with the rest of the community: Cybersecurity Results Month: What Are Your Plans? Expert Guidance Meanwhile, in the rest of the community, KevBreen and the rest of the Cyber Threat Research crew put out their monthly Patch Tuesday review. If even Brian Krebs is reading it, maybe you should too! Patch Tuesday October 2024 Community Updates As always, theHelp & Support Forum has been busy with activity from Immersive Labs users just like you who are looking to collaborate and improve their cyber resilience. Come and share your cybersecurity expertise and help your fellow community members. In return you’ll gain unique community badges and ranks, access our ambassador program (coming soon), and get a warm fuzzy feeling every time your answer is marked as an accepted solution. Don't forget, you’ll need to be logged in to comment on posts. Simply head to the top-right of the page to register or sign in. Add your username, avatar and bio in your settings, and you're good to go! See you in the community soon! Kieran
