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Security report for muckrack.com

Muck Rack · Media · N/a

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

85/100

Risk levelLow

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

Muck Rack is a well-established SaaS company founded in 2009, specializing in PR software, media monitoring, and journalist database services. The platform targets journalists and public relations professionals, offering tools to find journalists, monitor news, and measure PR impact. The website reflects a mature business with consistent branding and a professional online presence. Technically, the site leverages modern analytics and marketing technologies including PostHog, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, and Visual Website Optimizer, hosted behind Cloudflare DNS and CDN services. The site is performant, mobile-optimized, and incorporates cookie consent mechanisms via OneTrust, indicating attention to privacy compliance. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS enforced and domain transfer protections in place, though DNSSEC is not enabled and no explicit security policies or vulnerability disclosures are published. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and trustworthy, with room for improvement in privacy transparency and security documentation.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 100 · Low
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

2 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 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. 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.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
75
Security headers
70
Email security
98
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
85

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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Leaked records that mention muckrack.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
7,241
Employees
1
Customers
7,201
Third parties
39
Weak passwords
7%

Latest record dated 2026-02-02 · 4 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

Muck Rack occupies a strong position in the media and PR technology sector, offering a comprehensive platform that serves both journalists and PR professionals. Its business model is subscription-based SaaS, focusing on media monitoring, journalist discovery, and PR impact reporting. The company benefits from a long domain history consistent with its founding date, and integrates advanced marketing and analytics tools to optimize user engagement and conversion. The absence of explicit contact information on the homepage suggests a focus on digital lead generation rather than direct sales. The use of reputable third-party services and a cookie consent framework indicates compliance with data protection regulations, though formal privacy and terms documents are not evident in the analyzed content.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS enforced and domain registration protections such as clientTransferProhibited status. However, the lack of DNSSEC reduces DNS security resilience. No security headers were explicitly identified in the provided data, and there is no visible security policy or incident response information published on the site. The presence of multiple third-party tracking and marketing scripts increases the attack surface but is common in SaaS marketing sites. The cookie consent mechanism via OneTrust is a positive privacy control. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by enabling DNSSEC, publishing security policies, and implementing additional HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service accessible from the homepage.
  3. Add a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Implement and document HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
  5. Provide clear contact information including security and incident response contacts to enhance trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Muck Rack
Description
Use Muck Rack to find journalists, get press for your story, monitor the news and report on the impact of your PR. Journalists can build portfolios and accelerate their careers.
Key services
Media monitoring, Journalist database, PR impact reporting, Portfolio building for journalists
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare DNS, OneTrust cookie consent, Google Tag Manager, PostHog analytics, Marketo, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, Visual Website Optimizer (VWO), Web fonts (Gibson, FontAwesome)
Frameworks
Visual Website Optimizer (A/B testing), OneTrust (privacy compliance), PostHog (analytics)
Platforms
Web, SaaS
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL https://muckrack.com)
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status
  • Use of cookie consent mechanism

Analytics and tracking

Services
PostHog, Google Analytics (via GTM), Microsoft Clarity, Visual Website Optimizer
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads (AW- prefix in GTM), Facebook Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Twitter Universal Website Tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag
Marketing tools
Marketo, Visual Website Optimizer
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional SaaS platform for PR and media monitoring.
  2. Uses modern analytics and marketing tools with extensive tracking.
  3. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented via OneTrust.
  4. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service found on homepage HTML.
  5. No direct contact information (email, phone, address) found in homepage HTML.
  6. Domain is well-registered and not privacy protected.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy detected.
  8. No security headers explicitly found in provided data.
  9. Website content is safe and suitable for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website employs a modern technology stack with extensive use of JavaScript libraries and third-party services for analytics, marketing automation, and A/B testing. Hosting is managed via Cloudflare DNS and CDN, contributing to fast load times and global availability. The site is mobile-optimized and uses web fonts and SVG images for crisp visuals. The presence of multiple asynchronous scripts and preconnect hints indicates performance optimization efforts. However, the site lacks explicit CMS identification and could benefit from improved accessibility features. Technical debt appears low, but the reliance on many third-party scripts requires ongoing security and privacy monitoring.
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. 85/100Low20 findingsView report
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