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Security report for hetzner.social

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website hetzner.social currently presents as a minimal placeholder page with no substantive content, metadata, or business information. The site title is simply 'hetzner.social' with no descriptive text or services detailed. There is no evidence of contact information, privacy policies, or terms of service, indicating the site is either under construction or inactive. The WHOIS data is incomplete, showing no creation or expiry dates and no registrant details, which raises concerns about transparency and legitimacy. Technically, the site lacks modern web technologies, scripts, or analytics integrations. There is no indication of HTTPS usage or security headers, which are critical for secure web presence. The site design is basic with inline CSS styling but no responsive or accessible features detected. SEO and metadata are absent, limiting discoverability and user engagement. From a security perspective, the absence of HTTPS and security headers, combined with missing privacy and contact information, suggests a low security posture. The incomplete WHOIS data further reduces trustworthiness. No vulnerabilities or malicious indicators were detected in the content, but the lack of standard security practices is a concern. Overall, the site scores very low on content quality, technical implementation, security posture, privacy compliance, and business credibility. It is recommended to implement HTTPS, add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, provide clear contact and business information, and enhance the site content and metadata to improve trust and usability.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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. 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';…

  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

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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
85
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
63

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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

Add-on

Leaked records that mention hetzner.social, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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

Due to the minimal content and lack of business information, no clear market positioning, business model, or target audience can be identified. The domain name suggests a possible social or community platform related to Hetzner, a known hosting provider, but no evidence supports this. There are no indications of revenue streams, partnerships, or growth indicators. The absence of contact details and company data limits any meaningful business intelligence analysis.

Security posture

The website currently demonstrates a poor security posture. There is no evidence of HTTPS usage or security headers, which are fundamental for protecting user data and preventing common web attacks. The lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided. The incomplete WHOIS data and lack of registrant transparency further reduce trust. No active security frameworks or certifications are indicated.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate to secure all communications.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  3. Add clear contact information including company address, email, and phone numbers.
  4. Enhance website content with descriptive business information and metadata for SEO.
  5. Establish security headers and conduct regular security audits to improve posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Content quality
poor
Branding
moderate

Technology

Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
poor

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is extremely minimal with only a styled page showing the text 'hetzner.social'.
  2. No metadata such as meta description, keywords, Open Graph, or JSON-LD structured data found.
  3. No forms, no contact information, no external links, no social media links detected.
  4. No scripts or external libraries detected in the HTML source.
  5. No security headers or HTTPS information available from provided data.
  6. WHOIS data is incomplete and indicates the TLD is not supported by the WHOIS service used.
  7. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  8. No business or company information is presented on the site.
  9. No analytics or tracking technologies detected.
  10. No advertising or marketing tools detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built with basic HTML and inline CSS styling without any detected JavaScript, frameworks, or CMS. There are no external resources or analytics scripts loaded. The site lacks meta tags, Open Graph, or structured data for SEO and social media integration. Performance is likely moderate due to minimal content but lacks optimization for mobile and accessibility. Hosting provider and platform details are not discernible from the content. The site appears static and underdeveloped, with significant opportunities for modernization and technical improvement.
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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