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Rural Press Pty Limited · Media · Australia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

NewsNow.io is a news publishing platform operated by Rural Press Pty Limited, an Australian company established in 2014. The platform targets media professionals and news publishers, offering tools for news content management and distribution. The website is built using AngularJS and integrates modern monitoring and analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Sentry, and New Relic. Hosting is likely on AWS infrastructure. While the technical infrastructure is moderately modern and performance is acceptable, the website lacks visible privacy and cookie policies, contact information, and security headers, which impacts its privacy compliance and security posture. No forms or social media links were detected in the provided HTML content. The domain registration details are consistent and transparent, supporting the legitimacy of the business.

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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company operates in the media sector with a focus on providing a SaaS platform for news publishing. Its market position appears niche, serving media professionals and news organizations. The business model is B2B, offering platform services rather than direct consumer content. The company is relatively small and based in Australia. The website content is basic but functional, with moderate branding consistency. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries from the provided data. The lack of explicit contact information and policies may limit trust and user engagement.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and integrates advanced monitoring tools like Sentry and New Relic, which are positive security indicators. However, the absence of DNSSEC, security headers, and published security policies reduces the overall security maturity. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of incident response contact channels and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests limited readiness for security incidents. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved with better transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security.
  3. Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide clear contact information including emails and phone numbers for general and security inquiries.
  5. Add a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to enhance trust and incident response readiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Rural Press Pty Limited
Description
NewsNow.io is a news publishing platform targeting media and news organizations, providing tools and services for news content management and distribution.
Key services
news publishing platform, content management, news distribution
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
AngularJS (ng-app), Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Sentry (error tracking), AWS DNS (Route53), New Relic (performance monitoring), Pyodide (Python in browser)
Frameworks
AngularJS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by URL https://newsnow.io/)
  • Use of Sentry for error monitoring
  • Use of New Relic for performance and error tracking

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, New Relic, Sentry
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Sentry
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage HTML.
  2. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided in the HTML content.
  3. Website uses modern analytics and monitoring tools but lacks visible privacy compliance mechanisms.
  4. No forms detected in the provided HTML content.
  5. External links include Google services and a Google Forms link for story submissions.
  6. No social media links explicitly found in the HTML content.
  7. Website uses AngularJS framework, which is somewhat dated but functional.
  8. Hosting appears to be on AWS infrastructure based on DNS nameservers.
  9. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  10. No certifications or security frameworks mentioned.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses AngularJS framework, which is somewhat outdated but still functional. It integrates multiple third-party services for analytics and error monitoring, including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Sentry, and New Relic. The hosting is likely on AWS infrastructure as indicated by DNS nameservers. Performance is moderate with deferred script loading and basic mobile optimization. SEO and accessibility features are basic, with no advanced metadata or structured data detected. The site lacks visible CMS identification and does not expose forms or user input fields in the provided HTML content.
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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