Biometric verification is a means of identifying individuals through unique biological traits such as fingerprints, eye patterns and voice prints. It provides a secure, reliable method of access control for digital and physical systems, including banking, airport security and building access. Despite its strengths, concerns around biometric verification include privacy invasion, data breaches and misused facial data. Methods include fingerprint ID, facial recognition, retina scanning and voice recognition, among others.
Critical Splunk Enterprise Pre-Auth RCE Chain Exposes Databases
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise has been disclosed, carrying a near-perfect CVSS score of 9.8. Tracked as CVE-2026-20253, the flaw
