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Security report for cartridgeuk.com

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.cartridgeuk.com is currently inaccessible beyond a security verification page employing Google reCAPTCHA v3, indicating the presence of a Web Application Firewall or bot protection mechanism. No actual business content, contact information, or policies are accessible, preventing a full assessment of the company's operations or services. The lack of WHOIS data further complicates legitimacy verification, suggesting the domain may be unregistered, expired, or protected by privacy services that block WHOIS queries. Technically, the site uses Bootstrap 5.3.3 and Google reCAPTCHA for frontend and security purposes, but no other technologies or CMS platforms are detectable. The absence of visible HTTPS enforcement or security headers in the provided data is a concern, although the presence of reCAPTCHA indicates some security awareness. From a security posture perspective, the site is limited to bot protection with no visible incident response or privacy compliance mechanisms. The lack of privacy and cookie policies, contact information, and WHOIS transparency significantly lowers trust and compliance scores. Overall, the site appears to be in a blocked or pre-access state, limiting any meaningful security or business analysis. Strategically, it is recommended to ensure the domain registration is valid and WHOIS data is accessible, implement HTTPS with robust security headers, provide clear privacy and cookie policies, and make business contact information publicly available to improve trust and compliance.

Scanned

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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

  3. 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';…

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
57

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 absence of accessible business content and WHOIS data, no reliable business intelligence can be derived. The domain appears to be either unregistered or protected behind a security verification mechanism, which prevents insight into market positioning, business model, or partnerships. The use of Google reCAPTCHA suggests an intent to protect the site from automated abuse, but no further business signals are present.

Security posture

The current security posture is minimal, relying solely on Google reCAPTCHA v3 for bot mitigation. No security headers or HTTPS enforcement details are visible, and no incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided. The lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates poor compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR. The site is effectively inaccessible without passing the security challenge, which may protect it from some attacks but also limits transparency and user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Validate and update domain registration to ensure WHOIS data availability and legitimacy.
  2. Implement HTTPS with strong TLS configuration and enforce it site-wide.
  3. Add comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Publish clear privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements.
  5. Provide accessible contact information and incident response channels to improve trust and compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Website content is a security verification page with Google reCAPTCHA v3 and no actual site content accessible, indicating a WAF or bot protection mechanism is active. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap 5.3.3, Google reCAPTCHA v3

Security

Observed score
25/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 for bot protection

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked behind a security verification page using Google reCAPTCHA v3.
  2. No actual business content or contact information is accessible.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  4. No WHOIS data available, indicating possible domain registration issues.
  5. External resources are limited to CDN and Google services.
  6. No visible security headers or HTTPS enforcement in provided data.
  7. Website is not accessible for full content or business analysis.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Bootstrap 5.3.3 for styling and Google reCAPTCHA v3 for bot protection. No CMS or backend technologies are detectable from the provided HTML snippet. The site is currently serving a minimal security verification page with no actual business content, indicating either a pre-access state or a WAF challenge. Performance and accessibility cannot be fully assessed due to content blocking. The lack of visible HTTPS enforcement and security headers is a technical risk that should be addressed to improve security posture and user trust.
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

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