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Security report for farmbuy.com

Farmbuy.com · Real Estate · Australia

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Farmbuy.com is a well-established Australian online real estate platform specializing in rural and farm property sales. The website offers extensive property listings across multiple Australian states, targeting farmers, investors, and rural property buyers. The platform integrates multiple third-party analytics and advertising technologies, including Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, and Criteo, indicating a mature digital marketing and tracking infrastructure. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare, providing DNS and CDN services, and uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration. However, the absence of DNSSEC and some security headers suggests room for improvement in security hardening. Privacy compliance is weak, with no visible privacy or cookie policies or GDPR compliance indicators, which is a significant gap given the tracking technologies in use. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, limiting transparency in security practices. Overall, the website is professional and functional but would benefit from enhanced privacy and security disclosures to improve trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
65/ 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

6 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 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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  • Exposed services
  • 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
62
Security headers
35
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
65
Average
59

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

Farmbuy.com occupies a niche market in Australian rural real estate, providing a specialized platform for farm and lifestyle property sales. The business model centers on connecting buyers with sellers and real estate agents, supplemented by advertising revenue and partnerships such as with Farmers Finance for agribusiness loans. The company has been operational since 2004, indicating stability and market presence. The website's integration with multiple real estate agencies and extensive property listings suggests a strong partnership ecosystem. The platform targets agricultural professionals and rural property investors, leveraging digital marketing and analytics to optimize user engagement. Growth opportunities may include expanding privacy compliance and security transparency to meet evolving regulatory requirements and customer expectations.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security posture with HTTPS enforced and domain transfer protection enabled. Use of Cloudflare provides additional security benefits such as DDoS mitigation and CDN caching. However, the lack of DNSSEC implementation and absence of key security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduce the overall security robustness. No public security policy, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present, which are important for transparency and rapid response to security incidents. The extensive use of third-party tracking and advertising scripts increases the attack surface and privacy risks. Enhancing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and publishing security policies would significantly improve the security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies including GDPR compliance details.
  3. Implement and publicly disclose a security policy and incident response contact information.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Review and minimize third-party tracking scripts to reduce privacy risks and improve user trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Farmbuy.com
Description
Farmbuy.com is a real estate platform specializing in farms and rural properties for sale across Australia, including cropping, dairy, livestock, horticulture, mixed farming, and lifestyle properties.
Key services
Property listings for farms and rural properties, Agent lookup and contact, News and resources related to rural properties, Advertising opportunities for real estate agencies
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare DNS and CDN, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, Criteo, Salesforce C360A, Krux (Oracle Data Cloud), DoubleClick for Publishers (Google Ad Manager), jQuery (implied by widget scripts), Google Fonts
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status to prevent unauthorized transfers
  • Use of Cloudflare for DNS and CDN protection

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ad Manager (DoubleClick), Criteo
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, Krux (Oracle Data Cloud)
Marketing tools
Salesforce C360A
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a specialized real estate platform for rural properties in Australia.
  2. Content is rich with property listings, news, and resources.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on homepage HTML.
  4. Multiple third-party tracking and advertising scripts are used.
  5. No visible contact emails or phone numbers in the provided HTML content.
  6. Domain is well-established and uses Cloudflare for DNS and CDN.
  7. No DNSSEC enabled, which is a minor security gap.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  9. No incident response or security contact information found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack with multiple analytics and marketing tools integrated, including Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, and Salesforce C360A. Hosting and DNS are managed via Cloudflare, providing performance and security benefits. The site uses Google Fonts and custom JavaScript widgets for UI components. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts and preloading of key assets. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design elements. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. However, accessibility features are basic and could be improved. The CMS appears custom-built or proprietary, with no common CMS detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced accessibility and security hardening.
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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