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Security report for donuts.co

Domains By Proxy, LLC · Technology · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and DNS health.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website donuts.co serves as a login portal for Identity Digital's registrar services, primarily targeting domain registrars and customers managing domain registrations. The business operates in the technology sector with a mature domain age of 14 years, indicating an established presence. The portal provides essential domain management services but lacks publicly accessible privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies on the login page. Technically, the site uses modern frontend libraries such as Bootstrap and jQuery, and is built on ASP.NET Core MVC framework. However, performance data is missing, and mobile optimization is basic. Security headers are well implemented, but the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS configuration is a critical vulnerability. Additionally, a subdomain takeover risk exists on api.donuts.co, which could be exploited by attackers. The WHOIS data shows privacy protection via Domains By Proxy, LLC, which is typical for this business type but slightly reduces transparency. Overall, the site demonstrates moderate business credibility but requires urgent security improvements.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Potential Subdomain Takeover

      Subdomain api.donuts.co points to unregistered service public-api-1591037760.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com

      What to do: Remove or fix CNAME record to prevent subdomain takeover

      • WSTG-CONF-10
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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  • Security score drift

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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
50
Security headers
100
Email security
50
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
64

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

Donuts.co operates as a domain registrar portal under Identity Digital, providing domain registration and management services. The mature domain age and strong domain protection status indicate a stable business. The use of privacy proxy services is common in this sector to protect registrant information. The business model focuses on servicing registrars and domain owners through a secure portal. The lack of public-facing policies and contact information suggests a focus on authenticated users rather than public engagement. The presence of Google Analytics and Tag Manager indicates moderate user tracking for business insights. The subdomain takeover vulnerability and missing SSL certificate represent operational risks that could impact customer trust and regulatory compliance.

Security posture

The security posture of donuts.co is mixed. Positive aspects include the implementation of multiple security headers such as HSTS (though not enabled), X-Frame-Options, Content-Security-Policy, and anti-forgery tokens in forms. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols severely undermine the site's security, exposing users to potential interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. The subdomain takeover vulnerability on api.donuts.co is a significant risk that could allow attackers to hijack subdomain traffic. No evidence of incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies was found, indicating potential gaps in security governance. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and subdomain risks to improve its security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload flags to enforce secure connections.
  3. Remediate the subdomain takeover vulnerability by properly configuring or removing the api.donuts.co DNS entry.
  4. Publish clear privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  5. Implement and publicize an incident response and vulnerability disclosure policy to enhance security governance.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using ASP.NET Core MVC framework with frontend technologies including Bootstrap, jQuery, and Flatpickr for UI components. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are used for tracking and analytics. Hosting appears to be on Amazon AWS infrastructure, inferred from ELB references in DNS. Performance metrics are missing or zero, indicating a lack of monitoring or reporting. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic but functional. The site uses strong security headers but lacks a valid SSL certificate and proper TLS protocol support, which are critical technical deficiencies. The presence of a subdomain takeover vulnerability indicates DNS and cloud resource management issues. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern but requires urgent security and performance improvements.
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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