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ElevenClock adds multimon clock in Windows 11; 100K+ bot army taken down; Xbox giveaway: SpongeBob and Mutant Turtle consoles;

ElevenClock adds multimon clock in Windows 11; 100K+ bot army taken down; Xbox giveaway: SpongeBob and Mutant Turtle consoles;

October 11, 2021

Monday, October 11.

Microsoft demoes hacker attacks on PCs with no TPM, VBS, and more — www.neowin.net

After explaining why features like TPM 2.0, VBS, Secure Boot, among other things, are so important for user security on Windows 11, Microsoft also demoed mock hacker attacks on such vulnerable PCs.

Hacker who commanded a 100,000+ strong bot army taken down by Ukrainian cops

A Ukraine-based hacker who created and coordinated various cyberattacks like DDoS, spamming, or brute-forcing, using his 100,000+ bots has been arrested today by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

ElevenClock adds the clock back to multi-monitor setups in Windows 11 (with seconds) — www.neowin.net

Microsoft's decision to remove a bunch of features in the taskbar of Windows 11 angered a lot of people because there is no clock on secondary taskbars. But, there's an app for that.

Xbox is giving away SpongeBob and Mutant Turtle consoles in competition

Xbox has designed two new Xbox Series X consoles featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They are being given away in a Twitter sweepstake on the Xbox account.

Facebook will soon let you 'take a break' from its apps to focus on mental health — www.neowin.net

In less than a week after a Facebook ex-employee testified before Congress about internal research at the firm, Facebook's representative said that a "take a break" feature would soon be added.

Latest Windows Office Insider Beta build fixes high CPU usage bug in Excel, and more

The new Office Insider Beta build 14530.20000 brings with it several fixes and improvements. Among these is a bug fix that addresses high CPU usage for Excel under certain circumstances, and more.