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Security report for airbnb.co.nz

Airbnb · Hospitality · N/a

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The domain www.airbnb.co.nz is currently inaccessible, presenting an Access Denied page likely due to a Web Application Firewall or CDN blocking mechanism. No website content, metadata, or business information is available for analysis. The WHOIS lookup for this domain returned no registration data, indicating the domain is either unregistered or not delegated within the .nz namespace. This lack of registration and content severely limits the ability to assess the business, technical infrastructure, or security posture of the domain. Given Airbnb's global presence, this domain may be unused or reserved but not actively managed. From a technical perspective, the absence of accessible content and metadata prevents any evaluation of the technology stack, hosting environment, or performance characteristics. Security headers, SSL configuration, and compliance-related policies cannot be assessed. The blocking mechanism itself suggests a security-conscious environment but also restricts external analysis. The security posture cannot be reliably evaluated due to the lack of accessible data. No contact information, privacy policies, or incident response details are available. The domain's legitimacy is questionable based on WHOIS data absence, and the domain age or ownership cannot be confirmed. Overall, the domain appears inactive or improperly configured, representing a potential risk if users expect a legitimate Airbnb presence at this URL. Strategic recommendations include verifying domain ownership and registration status, ensuring proper DNS and hosting configuration, and providing accessible content with appropriate security and privacy policies. For external analysts, direct contact with Airbnb corporate or domain registrars is advised to clarify domain status and mitigate any potential phishing or spoofing risks.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
63

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Due to the lack of accessible content and WHOIS data, business intelligence insights are limited. The domain www.airbnb.co.nz does not currently serve active business content or services. Airbnb as a company is a major player in the hospitality and travel sector, operating a global online marketplace for lodging and experiences. However, this specific domain appears unregistered or inactive, indicating no direct business operations or customer engagement through this URL. There are no indications of partnerships, subsidiaries, or payment processors linked to this domain. The absence of contact or policy information further limits business intelligence extraction.

Security posture

The security posture of the domain www.airbnb.co.nz cannot be fully assessed due to the Access Denied page and lack of accessible content. The blocking suggests the presence of a security mechanism such as a WAF or CDN filtering access, which is a positive security control. However, no security headers, SSL/TLS configuration, or vulnerability disclosures are available for review. The absence of WHOIS data raises concerns about domain legitimacy and ownership transparency. No incident response or security contact information is published. Overall, the domain's security maturity is unknown and potentially low due to lack of active management evidence.

Recommendations

  1. Verify and register the domain www.airbnb.co.nz if intended for official use to establish ownership and legitimacy.
  2. Configure DNS and hosting to allow secure and accessible website content delivery with HTTPS enabled.
  3. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy, cookie, and security policies to comply with GDPR and other regulations.
  4. Establish visible contact and incident response channels to improve trust and security posture.
  5. Regularly monitor domain status and security configurations to prevent misuse or phishing risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Access Denied page with minimal HTML content and reference to errors.edgesuite.net indicates blocking by a CDN or WAF. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
Airbnb
Description
No business description available due to blocked content.
Content quality
poor

Technology

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is completely blocked with an Access Denied message.
  2. No metadata, scripts, or business content available for analysis.
  3. WHOIS data unavailable, indicating domain is not registered or not delegated.
  4. No contact, policy, or security information accessible.
  5. WAF or CDN blocking access, preventing further analysis.
  6. No evidence of adult or unsafe content.
  7. Analysis incomplete due to blocking; no technical or business insights can be reliably extracted.
Technical notes

Notes

No technical details could be extracted from the provided HTML content due to the Access Denied page and lack of metadata or scripts. The domain appears not to be registered or active in the .nz registry, as confirmed by the WHOIS query failure. No CMS, frameworks, or hosting providers could be identified. The blocking page references errors.edgesuite.net, indicating use of a CDN or WAF service that restricts access. Without accessible content, performance, SEO, accessibility, and mobile optimization cannot be evaluated.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 71/100 +11Medium25 findingsView report
  2. 60/100Medium30 findingsView report
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