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Security report for fhtimes.com

Fountain Hills Times Independent · Media · United States

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Fountain Hills Times Independent is a local news media outlet serving the Fountain Hills community in Arizona. The website provides daily news, sports, opinions, entertainment, classifieds, and event information, targeting local residents and community members. It operates primarily as a community newspaper with revenue streams from advertising and subscriptions. The site is well-branded and consistent with its local focus, offering e-editions and partnerships with related regional news outlets.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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
42
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
60

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
59
Employees
0
Customers
59
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
14%

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 business positions itself as a trusted local news source with a focus on community engagement. It leverages partnerships with Your Valley network and uses e-edition platforms to extend its reach. The business model relies on advertising and classified listings, supported by local business directories. The presence of multiple local business listings and event promotions indicates a strong community integration. However, the lack of publicly available WHOIS data raises questions about domain registration transparency.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and integrates common security and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager and Facebook SDK. However, it lacks explicit security headers and does not provide privacy or cookie policies, which are critical for compliance and user trust. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are found. The absence of WHOIS data and domain registration details is a concern for legitimacy verification. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved with better transparency and compliance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Provide clear contact information for security incidents, including a security.txt file or dedicated security email.
  4. Verify and update domain WHOIS registration to ensure transparency and trustworthiness.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and advertising scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Fountain Hills Times Independent
Description
Fountain Hills' own newspaper, the source for daily news, sports, opinion, and entertainment in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Key services
Daily news reporting, Sports coverage, Opinion pieces, Entertainment news, Advertising services, Classifieds, Events listings, E-editions and subscriptions
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.11.0, Bootstrap 3.1.1, Font Awesome 4.5.0, Google Tag Manager, Facebook SDK, Ensighten (tag management), Google Adsense, DoubleClick Ads
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Facebook SDK with crossorigin attribute
  • Google Tag Manager for analytics

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Adsense, DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager), Facebook Pixel (via Facebook SDK)
Marketing tools
Ensighten Tag Management
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a local news media outlet for Fountain Hills, Arizona.
  2. Content is rich with news articles, opinion pieces, events, classifieds, and advertising.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found on the homepage or linked pages.
  4. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML content.
  5. Uses multiple third-party advertising and tracking services.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. WHOIS data is missing or domain appears unregistered publicly, which is unusual.
  8. Website uses HTTPS and modern web technologies but lacks some security headers.
  9. Mobile optimization and SEO are good.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a moderately modern tech stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and tag management tools like Ensighten. It integrates Google Analytics and Facebook SDK for tracking and advertising. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly with proper meta tags and structured data for news articles. Performance is moderate with some reliance on third-party ad networks which may impact load times. Accessibility is basic but could be enhanced. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform.
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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