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Security report for illinoisbids.us

fastnodes LLC · Other · Bangladesh

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

The website illinoisbids.us operates as a Chinese language platform promoting and providing downloads for lottery and gambling-related mobile applications. The business appears to target Chinese-speaking users interested in lottery apps, offering app rankings, recommendations, and download links. The website's market position is niche, focusing on gambling app distribution, with a business model centered on app promotion and downloads. The registrant organization, fastnodes LLC, is based in Bangladesh, which does not align with the website's content or target audience, raising questions about legitimacy. Technically, the site uses an older jQuery version, the ThinkPHP framework, and integrates Matomo analytics. It is hosted behind Cloudflare DNS but lacks advanced security configurations such as DNSSEC and security headers. The website is moderately performant with basic mobile optimization and SEO. However, it lacks privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies, and no contact information is provided, which negatively impacts user trust and compliance. From a security perspective, HTTPS is enabled, but the absence of security headers and DNSSEC, combined with numerous suspicious external links to adult and questionable domains, lowers the security posture. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. The content safety rating is questionable due to gambling-related content, which is age-restricted and potentially regulated. Overall, the website exhibits low business credibility and poor privacy compliance, with moderate technical implementation and security posture. Strategic improvements are needed in transparency, security best practices, and compliance to enhance trustworthiness and reduce risk.

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. 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 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

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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
65
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
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

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

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention illinoisbids.us, from OffSeq Breach.

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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 platform targets a niche market of Chinese lottery and gambling app users, leveraging app downloads and recommendations as its primary revenue stream. The business model likely relies on affiliate marketing or advertising related to gambling apps. The extensive network of partner domains suggests a broader ecosystem of similar sites, possibly coordinated. However, the mismatch between registrant location and website content, along with suspicious external links, indicates potential risks or illegitimate operations. The absence of clear contact or corporate information limits business transparency and credibility.

Security posture

The website's security maturity is low to moderate. While HTTPS is implemented, critical security headers are missing, and DNSSEC is not enabled, exposing the site to potential DNS spoofing risks. 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, limiting the ability to manage security incidents effectively. The presence of suspicious external links further increases risk exposure. Overall, the site requires significant security enhancements and compliance improvements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance.
  2. Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Enable DNSSEC for the domain to improve DNS security.
  4. Remove or audit suspicious external links to reduce risk and improve trustworthiness.
  5. Provide clear contact information and incident response channels to enhance transparency and security readiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
fastnodes LLC
Description
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Key services
Lottery app downloads, App recommendations, App rankings
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.11.1, Unslider, Matomo Analytics, Cloudflare DNS, ThinkPHP framework, MySQL database
Frameworks
ThinkPHP
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is fully accessible with no WAF or blocking.
  2. Content is primarily Chinese language lottery and gambling app promotion.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  4. No contact information or security policies disclosed.
  5. Numerous external links to unrelated and suspicious domains.
  6. Technical stack includes older jQuery version and ThinkPHP framework.
  7. No security headers detected; DNSSEC not enabled.
  8. SSL is enabled but no advanced security configurations observed.
  9. Content safety is questionable due to gambling content and suspicious links.
  10. WHOIS data shows registrant in Bangladesh unrelated to website content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the ThinkPHP framework with an older jQuery version and uses Unslider for UI components. It integrates Matomo for analytics and is served via Cloudflare DNS. The site shows moderate performance but lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features. Mobile optimization is basic, and the design quality is functional but not professional. The technical stack is somewhat outdated, and modernization opportunities exist to improve performance, security, and user experience. No CMS other than the custom ThinkPHP-based system is detected.
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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