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Security report for feedburner.com

Feedburner · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Feedburner is a Google-owned web feed management service that provides RSS feed customization and analytics primarily targeting content creators such as bloggers and podcasters. The website acts as a portal linking to Google accounts and services, with minimal standalone content. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Angular, Google Fonts, and Google Analytics, hosted on Google's infrastructure. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate and does not serve content over HTTPS, which is a critical security deficiency. Security headers are present but cannot compensate for the absence of HTTPS. Privacy and cookie policies are not found on the main page, indicating poor privacy compliance. Overall, the site demonstrates basic technical implementation and business credibility but suffers from critical security and privacy shortcomings.

Scanned

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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. 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

  2. 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, Google APIs

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

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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
60
Email security
70
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
66

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

Feedburner operates as a service platform within the Google ecosystem, focusing on feed management and analytics for digital content publishers. Its market position is strong due to Google's backing, but the website itself provides minimal direct content or business information. The business model revolves around providing free feed management tools integrated with Google accounts. There is no evidence of direct revenue streams or detailed business disclosures on the site. The target audience includes bloggers, podcasters, and web publishers seeking feed analytics and optimization. The lack of visible contact information or policies suggests a reliance on Google's broader corporate infrastructure for compliance and support.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS support, exposing users to potential interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. While several security headers are implemented, including a strict Content Security Policy and X-Frame-Options, these are insufficient without encrypted transport. No privacy or incident response policies are published, and no contact channels for security issues are provided. DNS records show standard Google hosting and mail exchange configurations with SPF and DMARC policies in place, indicating some email security hygiene. Overall, the site is vulnerable to critical security risks and lacks transparency in privacy and incident response.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the site immediately.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  3. Add clear contact information and security incident response contacts to enhance trust and transparency.
  4. Enable HSTS and modern TLS protocols to strengthen transport security.
  5. Regularly audit and update security headers and review analytics tracking for privacy impact.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Angular framework and leverages Google Fonts and Google Analytics for styling and tracking. Hosting is provided by Google, as evidenced by DNS and server headers. Performance metrics are incomplete or zero, suggesting a lack of performance monitoring or measurement. The site lacks structured metadata such as Open Graph or JSON-LD, limiting SEO effectiveness. Accessibility and mobile optimization are basic, with no explicit features detected. The absence of HTTPS is a major technical risk. The site’s technical debt includes missing SSL, no HSTS, and no session resumption, which should be addressed to improve security and 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 77/100 −5Low25 findingsView report
  2. 82/100 +4Low22 findingsView report
  3. 78/100 +12Low25 findingsView report
  4. 66/100Medium24 findingsView report
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