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Security report for diyaudiocomponents.com

Sonarex Labs SIA · Manufacturing · Latvia

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in Network security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

43/100

Risk levelHigh

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

DIY Audio Components is a niche e-commerce business specializing in hand-crafted ribbon microphones and DIY audio component kits, operated by Sonarex Labs SIA based in Latvia. The website serves a specialized audience of audio enthusiasts and professionals interested in building or modifying ribbon microphones. The business model focuses on retail sales of premium DIY kits and components, supported by educational blog content and tutorials. The company has been active since 2010 and is in the process of rebranding to Bumblebeepro.com as indicated in their blog. Technically, the website is built on the OpenCart CMS platform using common web technologies such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome. The site is moderately optimized for performance and mobile devices but shows some backend code quality issues, including visible PHP warnings. SEO and accessibility are basic but functional. The site uses Google Analytics for tracking but lacks advanced privacy compliance features such as cookie consent banners. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS (inferred) but lacks important security headers and shows backend errors that could expose information. There is no visible security policy or incident response contact information. The absence of WHOIS registration data raises concerns about domain legitimacy and trustworthiness, although the website content and business information appear genuine. Overall, the site has a moderate security posture but requires improvements to enhance trust and compliance. Strategically, the business should focus on resolving backend errors, implementing security best practices including security headers and cookie consent, and clarifying domain registration status to improve trust. Enhancing GDPR compliance and publishing clear security and incident response policies would further strengthen their security culture and customer confidence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection
  2. 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';…
  3. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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
52
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
53
Average
43

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 · found on this site
  • 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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention diyaudiocomponents.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
3
Employees
0
Customers
3
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The company operates in a specialized segment of the audio manufacturing and retail industry, targeting DIY audio enthusiasts and professional audio engineers. Their competitive advantage lies in offering premium quality, hand-crafted ribbon microphone kits and components, supported by detailed assembly manuals and a technical blog. Revenue streams are primarily from e-commerce sales of kits, parts, and accessories. The company maintains a modest but focused online presence with social media engagement primarily on Facebook. Growth indicators include ongoing product development and a strategic rebranding effort to Bumblebeepro.com. The partnership ecosystem is limited but includes payment processing and analytics services. Operationally, the company appears small but established with a clear niche market focus.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is moderate with basic HTTPS usage but lacking critical security headers and visible backend errors that could expose sensitive information. There is no evidence of formal security policies, incident response plans, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. GDPR compliance is partial, with privacy and terms pages present but no cookie consent or data protection officer information. The site uses Google Analytics, indicating some level of user tracking without clear privacy controls. The security culture appears informal and could benefit from structured improvements. Business impact of vulnerabilities includes potential information leakage and reduced customer trust. Overall, the security posture requires enhancement to meet modern standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Fix all visible PHP warnings and errors to prevent information leakage and improve code quality.
  2. Implement essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  3. Enforce HTTPS site-wide and ensure SSL/TLS configuration is strong and up to date.
  4. Add a cookie consent banner and enhance privacy compliance to meet GDPR requirements.
  5. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Sonarex Labs SIA
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Sonarex Labs SIA
Description
Official store and blog of Artur Fisher offering hand-crafted ribbon microphones (RM-5) and components for DIY microphone projects, plus other audio parts and kits.
Key services
Sale of ribbon microphone kits, Sale of microphone parts and accessories, Educational blog and tutorials
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, Revolution Slider, PHP (inferred from .tpl files and URL structure)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (inferred from base href http:// but likely supports HTTPS)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is an e-commerce platform for DIY audio components specializing in ribbon microphones.
  2. Content is rich with product listings, blog posts, and tutorials.
  3. Some PHP warnings visible in HTML indicating backend code issues.
  4. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and reduces trust.
  5. No explicit cookie consent mechanism found.
  6. Privacy and terms pages are present and linked in footer.
  7. Social media presence mainly on Facebook.
  8. Uses Google Analytics for tracking.
  9. No visible security headers or advanced security policies.
  10. Mobile optimization is basic but functional.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on OpenCart CMS with a technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and Revolution Slider. The site shows moderate performance and basic mobile optimization. Some technical debt is evident from PHP warnings visible in the HTML output, indicating backend code issues. SEO and accessibility features are present but basic. The site uses Google Analytics for user tracking. There is an opportunity to modernize the tech stack, improve code quality, and enhance security configurations to reduce risks and improve user experience.
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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