The website northcarolinabids.us is a Chinese language platform primarily focused on providing downloads and information related to lottery and gambling applications. It targets a niche audience interested in lottery apps and gambling content, offering app downloads and lottery number announcements. The business appears to be small-scale and operates under the registrant fastnodes LLC, based in Bangladesh, which does not align with the website's content or target audience region. Technically, the site uses an older jQuery version, the ThinkPHP framework, and Cloudflare DNS, with moderate performance and basic mobile optimization. Security posture is weak, lacking HTTPS enforcement, security headers, and privacy policies. Numerous external links to suspicious adult and gambling-related domains further reduce trustworthiness. Overall, the site has basic content quality and limited compliance with privacy and security best practices.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
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
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"
This scan found 25 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
Daily monitoring
Recommended
€25per month
TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. The full timeline opens with your unlock code.
Full report
€39.90one-time
The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
Email delivery with an unlock code
Lifetime access to this report
Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention northcarolinabids.us, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for northcarolinabids.us right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The platform operates in the lottery and gambling niche, offering app downloads and lottery-related content primarily to Chinese-speaking users. Its business model revolves around content aggregation and app distribution, likely monetized through affiliate links or advertising. The site has a moderate market position within its niche but lacks transparency and professional trust indicators. The registrant's mismatch with the website's content region suggests use of third-party domain registration or hosting services. The extensive network of external links includes many suspicious domains, indicating potential risks or low-quality partnerships. The platform does not provide clear contact or compliance information, limiting its credibility.
Security posture
The website exhibits a low security maturity level. It lacks HTTPS enforcement, security headers, and published privacy or cookie policies. No incident response or security contact information is provided. The use of outdated JavaScript libraries and absence of secure form handling increase vulnerability risks. The presence of numerous suspicious external links to adult content domains raises concerns about potential exposure to malicious content or phishing. Compliance with GDPR or other data protection regulations is not evident. Overall, the security posture is weak and requires significant improvements to protect users and data.
Recommendations
Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and enforce secure connections site-wide.
Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with data protection regulations.
Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Provide clear contact information including security and incident response channels.
Audit and remove suspicious external links to improve trust and reduce risk exposure.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
fastnodes LLC
Description
The website appears to be a platform offering downloads and information related to lottery and gambling apps, primarily targeting Chinese-speaking users. It promotes various lottery-related applications and services, including app downloads and lottery number announcements.
Key services
Lottery app downloads, Lottery number announcements, Lottery-related content and recommendations
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate
Technology
Stack
jQuery 1.11.1, Unslider, Matomo Analytics, Cloudflare DNS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic
Security
Observed score
30/100
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
Website content is fully accessible with no WAF or blocking detected.
Content is primarily Chinese language lottery and gambling app downloads.
No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses provided.
Numerous external links to suspicious adult and gambling-related domains.
No security headers or HTTPS enforcement detected.
Uses older jQuery version and ThinkPHP framework.
Matomo analytics used for tracking without visible privacy compliance.
Website design and UX are basic with moderate mobile optimization.
Registrant info does not match website content region or language.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on the ThinkPHP framework with jQuery 1.11.1 and uses Unslider for UI components. It employs Cloudflare DNS but does not enforce HTTPS. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization. The site lacks modern accessibility features and SEO best practices are minimal. The presence of Matomo analytics indicates some level of user tracking but without visible privacy compliance. The technical stack is somewhat outdated and requires modernization to improve security, performance, and user experience.
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.
Reviews of this site
Share your experience with northcarolinabids.us. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.
Community rating
No published reviews yet. Be the first to review northcarolinabids.us.