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Security report for nevadamagazine.com

Nevada Magazine · Media · United States

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Nevada Magazine is a well-established regional media publication focused on Nevada's culture, history, and travel. The website offers digital and print subscriptions, advertising opportunities, and an online shop. The business targets residents and visitors interested in Nevada and maintains a professional online presence with consistent branding and quality content. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with common plugins such as WooCommerce and Gravity Forms, and it uses Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking. The site is mobile-optimized and performs moderately well. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protection, but lacks DNSSEC and security headers. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Suspicious adult content links found in hidden footer text may indicate a security or content integrity issue. Overall, the domain registration data supports legitimacy and long-term operation.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

9 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
47
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
58

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 nevadamagazine.com, 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 magazine operates in the media sector with a focus on Nevada-centric content. It leverages a subscription and advertising business model with digital and print offerings. The presence of social media channels and partnerships with travel-related sites indicates a strategy to engage a broad audience interested in Nevada tourism and culture. The domain age and consistent registration data suggest a stable market position. However, the lack of explicit privacy and security policies may affect trust with privacy-conscious users.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and has domain transfer protection enabled, which are positive security indicators. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security posture. The presence of suspicious adult content links in the footer's hidden text is a concern and may indicate possible content injection or compromise. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided, limiting transparency. Security best practices should be enhanced to protect user data and site integrity.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web attacks.
  3. Remove suspicious adult content links from the footer and investigate potential content injection or compromise.
  4. Publish clear privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  5. Establish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Nevada Magazine
Description
Nevada Magazine is a publication focused on the culture, history, travel, and lifestyle of Nevada. It offers biannual issues with stories about local culture, historic buildings, travel destinations, and events in Nevada.
Key services
Magazine publication, Digital subscriptions, Print subscriptions, Advertising, Online shop
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, Google Tag Manager, Advanced Ads, Real3D Flipbook, jQuery
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Advanced Ads
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional regional magazine site focused on Nevada culture and travel.
  2. No privacy or cookie policy pages detected on the homepage or footer links.
  3. Contact information includes a phone number and a contact form but no email addresses explicitly listed.
  4. Several suspicious external links to adult content sites found in footer hidden text, likely injected or spam content.
  5. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for e-commerce and forms.
  6. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager are used for tracking.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page found.
  8. No explicit security headers detected in HTML content.
  9. DNSSEC is not enabled for the domain.
  10. Site uses HTTPS with valid SSL.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a mature WordPress platform with WooCommerce for e-commerce and Gravity Forms for user input. It uses modern tracking tools like Google Tag Manager and Advanced Ads for advertising management. The site is mobile responsive and has good SEO fundamentals. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization. The presence of multiple JavaScript libraries and plugins indicates a complex but standard technical stack. Hosting details are not explicit but the domain registrar is NameCheap. Technical debt may exist due to missing security headers and lack of DNSSEC. The site would benefit from performance tuning and enhanced security configurations.
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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