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Security report for formosarealestate.com

Formosa Real Estate · Real Estate · Malta

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Formosa Real Estate is a Maltese real estate agency specializing in residential and commercial property sales and rentals. The company provides a user-friendly website with property listings, search filters, and customer testimonials, positioning itself as a trusted local player in the Maltese property market. The website is built on WordPress with modern UI components and integrates Google reCAPTCHA for form security. While the site is professionally designed and offers clear contact information, it lacks some privacy compliance features such as cookie consent and detailed security policies. The security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled and no visible vulnerabilities, but could be improved with additional security headers and incident response information. Overall, the domain registration details align well with the business claims, supporting legitimacy and trustworthiness.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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';…

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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
0
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
50

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

The company targets property buyers, renters, and sellers in Malta, offering a comprehensive portfolio of residential and commercial properties. Its business model revolves around brokerage and consultancy services, leveraging a CRM platform (REAP-CRM) for property management. The presence of customer testimonials and a professional website enhances credibility. The company appears to be a small-sized local agency with a focused market niche. No parent or subsidiary companies were identified. The website content and structure support a good user experience and effective lead generation.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms from spam. However, it lacks explicit security headers in the HTML source and does not provide a security policy or incident response contacts. There is no visible cookie consent mechanism, which may impact GDPR compliance. No vulnerable libraries or exposed sensitive data were detected. The security score is moderate, with recommendations to implement security.txt, add security headers, and improve privacy compliance to enhance the security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner to comply with privacy regulations.
  2. Add explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish a security policy or security.txt file with incident response contact information.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to improve usability and compliance.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and plugins for vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Formosa Real Estate
Description
Formosa Real Estate offers a large selection of properties for sale and rent, guiding clients through real estate transactions including purchasing, leasing, and selling with a professional and friendly approach.
Key services
Residential and commercial property sales, Residential and commercial property rentals, Real estate consultancy
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap, Contact Form 7, Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg, AddToAny
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 for forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Marketing tools
AddToAny social sharing
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally designed real estate agency site focused on Malta properties.
  2. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for forms and UI enhancements.
  3. Includes customer testimonials enhancing trust.
  4. No explicit cookie consent or detailed privacy compliance mechanisms visible.
  5. Contact information is clearly provided including phone, email, and physical address.
  6. No visible security.txt or incident response contact information.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. Uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect forms from spam.
  9. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS with plugins including Contact Form 7 and Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg, supported by Bootstrap and jQuery for UI components. The site loads external resources from trusted domains such as Google Fonts and AddToAny for social sharing. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts and responsive design for mobile devices. The technical implementation is solid but could benefit from improved accessibility and SEO enhancements. Hosting provider details are not explicitly found in the HTML source.
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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