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Security report for medietall.no

Mediebedriftenes Landsforening · Media · Norway

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Medietall.no is an official Norwegian media statistics portal operated by Mediebedriftenes Landsforening (MBL). It provides authoritative data on media coverage, traffic, and circulation numbers to members and stakeholders in the Norwegian media industry. The website serves as a trusted source for media metrics and offers API and iframe access to its data, supporting transparency and industry insight. The site is well-branded, consistent, and targets media professionals and organizations interested in media statistics. Technically, the website uses modern frontend technologies including Bootstrap 5.3, jQuery, and Ionicons, served via reputable CDNs with integrity checks. The site is mobile-optimized and performs moderately well, with good SEO and accessibility basics. Security is solid with HTTPS enforced and secure cookie handling, though it lacks advanced security headers and explicit security policies. Analytics are implemented via Linkpulse, with a cookie consent mechanism in place, indicating basic privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site shows good practices such as secure cookies and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks published incident response contacts, security policies, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which could be improved to enhance trust and compliance. The domain registration data aligns well with the website's business claims, supporting legitimacy. Overall, Medietall.no is a professional, trustworthy, and functional media statistics portal with room for improvement in security policy transparency and privacy documentation. It poses low risk and serves its target audience effectively.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
65/ 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

4 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"

  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

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, Twitter, 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
95
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
65
Average
75

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 medietall.no, 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

Medietall.no occupies a niche as the official Norwegian media statistics provider under MBL, giving it a strong market position with authoritative data. Its business model revolves around data provision and transparency for media members and stakeholders, supported by partnerships with Kantar Media and Kilkaya. The site supports growth through API access and archives, catering to media professionals and researchers. The partnership ecosystem strengthens its credibility and reach. The company appears stable with a medium size and a clear focus on media sector services. The lack of phone contact may limit direct customer engagement but the email and social media presence compensate partially.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, secure cookie settings, and no visible sensitive data leaks. Use of integrity attributes on CDN resources reduces risk of supply chain attacks. However, the absence of security headers like CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, which reduces transparency and preparedness. Privacy compliance is basic but present with cookie consent and a privacy/cookie policy link. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by adding formal policies, security headers, and incident contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive security policy and incident response plan on the website.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to improve protection.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Enhance privacy compliance by providing a dedicated, detailed privacy policy page and clarifying data retention practices.
  5. Consider adding phone contact information for improved user support and trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Mediebedriftenes Landsforening
Registration number
981 391 209
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Mediebedriftenes Landsforening
Description
Medietall.no is MBL's portal for documentation to members, the media industry, and other stakeholders. The site contains listings of official Norwegian website coverage numbers (persons), weekly traffic measurements, and other publicly available statistics from MBL.
Key services
Official coverage numbers, Weekly traffic measurements, Publicly available media statistics, API and iframe access to data, Archives of historical data
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap 5.3.0, jQuery 3.5.1 slim, Ionicons 5.0.0, Custom CSS, JavaScript modules
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with secure and SameSite=Lax flags
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of integrity and crossorigin attributes on CDN resources

Analytics and tracking

Services
Linkpulse
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Linkpulse analytics
Marketing tools
Linkpulse analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges
  2. Content is primarily in Norwegian with some English meta tags
  3. Clear cookie consent popup present
  4. No explicit privacy policy page found but cookie policy and privacy info linked
  5. No terms of service or security policy pages detected
  6. Contact info limited to email and physical address; no phone number found
  7. Use of modern frontend technologies and CDN resources
  8. No signs of suspicious or malicious content
  9. Social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
  10. No explicit data protection officer or incident response contacts found
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and stable technology stack with Bootstrap 5.3, jQuery 3.5.1 slim, and Ionicons for UI components and icons. Resources are loaded from trusted CDNs with integrity and crossorigin attributes, improving security. The site is mobile responsive and uses semantic HTML with meta tags for SEO and social sharing (Open Graph). Performance is moderate, with no obvious heavy scripts or delays. Accessibility is basic but present. No CMS detected, indicating a custom or bespoke platform. Hosting provider is not explicitly identified. The site could benefit from performance optimization and enhanced accessibility features.
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. 75/100Medium20 findings · partial scanView report
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