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Security report for escrow-sandbox.com

Escrow.com · Finance · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Escrow.com is a well-established online escrow service provider founded in 1999, offering secure payment processing for a wide range of transactions including domains, vehicles, general merchandise, and more. The sandbox environment at escrow-sandbox.com serves as a testing and integration platform for developers and partners, reflecting the company's commitment to secure and reliable transaction facilitation. The business holds a strong market position with over 3 million users and partnerships with major platforms such as eBay and Flippa. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and Cloudflare's Turnstile captcha for bot protection, ensuring a secure and performant user experience. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and secure form handling, though explicit security headers could be more visible. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a comprehensive privacy policy but lacks a visible cookie consent mechanism on the sandbox site. Overall, the escrow-sandbox.com domain is a legitimate test environment supporting the main Escrow.com business, which is credible and trusted in the finance and e-commerce sectors.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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

4 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 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 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

  3. 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

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
72
Security headers
70
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
73

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

Escrow.com operates a business model centered on providing escrow services that mitigate risk in online transactions. Their revenue streams likely include transaction fees and premium services such as milestone escrow and escrow pay. The company targets consumers, brokers, and businesses globally, with a strong presence in the United States. Their partnership ecosystem includes major online marketplaces and domain brokers, enhancing their market reach and trustworthiness. The sandbox domain supports integration and developer engagement, indicating a mature digital strategy. Growth indicators include extensive service offerings and a large user base. Strategic observations suggest continued expansion through API services and partner integrations.

Security posture

The security maturity level of escrow-sandbox.com is high, with HTTPS enforced and use of Cloudflare Turnstile captcha to prevent automated abuse. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options in the visible HTML is a minor gap. The site lacks a public vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file and does not provide incident response contact information openly. Data protection practices appear robust, but cookie consent mechanisms are missing, which could impact GDPR compliance. Overall, the security culture is strong but could benefit from enhanced transparency and compliance features.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and visibly confirm security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against clickjacking and MIME sniffing.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner or mechanism on the sandbox site to improve GDPR compliance and user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible security reporting and improve trust.
  4. Provide clear incident response contact information, such as a security@ or abuse@ email address, accessible from the website.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet compliance standards and improve user experience for all visitors.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Escrow.com
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Escrow.com
Description
Secure online payment processing from the world’s largest online escrow service since 1999. Trusted by 3M+ users. Priced as low as 1%. For transactions $100 to $10M+.
Key services
Domain and website escrow, Motor vehicle escrow, General merchandise escrow, Milestone escrow, PPE escrow, IPv4 escrow, Escrow API, Escrow Pay, Escrow Offer, Escrow Buttons
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Adyen Payment Gateway (test environment), Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha, HTML5, CSS3
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Cloudflare Turnstile captcha for bot protection
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with validation

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is a sandbox/testing environment for Escrow.com
  2. Full content is accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge
  3. Professional and comprehensive escrow service platform
  4. Strong focus on security and fraud prevention
  5. Multiple partner integrations and extensive service offerings
  6. No privacy or cookie consent banner detected on sandbox site
  7. WHOIS data for sandbox domain is missing, expected for test domains
Technical notes

Notes

The escrow-sandbox.com site is built with modern web technologies including JavaScript frameworks, Google Tag Manager, and Google Analytics for tracking. It uses Cloudflare services for security and performance, including the Turnstile captcha for bot mitigation. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting appears to be via Cloudflare or a similar CDN provider, ensuring moderate to fast performance. Technical debt is minimal in the visible content, but opportunities exist to improve accessibility and explicit security header implementation. The sandbox environment supports API integrations and developer tools, indicating a mature and scalable technical infrastructure.
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. 73/100Medium27 findingsView report
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