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Nethemba is a leading Slovak IT security firm specialized in web security, penetration testing, and RFID security audits. Since 2007, we’ve been securing businesses with cutting-edge research and expertise, trusted by companies worldwide.

We care about
your security.

Nethemba is a leading Slovak IT security firm specialized in web security, penetration testing, and RFID security audits. Since 2007, we’ve been securing businesses with cutting-edge research and expertise, trusted by companies worldwide.

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Critical security problem in UpdraftCentral: an attacker holding the service’s keys planted a backdoor on our websites

On the night of 19 October 2026 an attacker abused UpdraftCentral, the remote management service built into UpdraftPlus, a backup plugin with more than 4 million installations, and planted a backdoor on two of our three websites. Our sites were fully up to date and the fault was not on our side: the attacker signed the commands with valid keys that the UpdraftCentral Cloud service generates and keeps. We publish an analysis of the backdoor, indicators of compromise and a...

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Nethemba3 hours ago
A coding-agent skill that turns your agent into a security auditor. It orchestrates isolated agents through reconnaissance, coverage-led hunting, candidate validation, structured output, independent record verification, and target-neutral reporting.
https://github.com/cloudflare/security-audit-skill
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Nethemba12 hours ago
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/
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Nethemba1 day ago
Perhaps not entirely obvious: If you want to withstand current AI-driven attacks and ensure that vulnerabilities discovered by AI are patched as quickly as possible, the only effective defense is to use AI.