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Security report for nowthisnews.com

Media · N/a

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The domain nowthisnews.com is registered since 2012 and is associated with a media business, likely providing news content. However, the website content is currently inaccessible due to a TLS certificate Subject Alternative Name mismatch error behind Cloudflare's infrastructure, which blocks access to the site. This prevents extraction of any metadata, business information, or security policies from the site itself. The domain registration data is consistent with a legitimate entity using Cloudflare as registrar and hosting provider, supporting the domain's credibility. Due to the blocked content, a full technical and security assessment cannot be performed, limiting insights into the website's infrastructure, compliance posture, and user experience.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

7 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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
65

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

Based on the domain age and registrar data, the business is an established media company likely targeting a general audience interested in news. The lack of accessible content prevents detailed analysis of business model, revenue streams, or partnerships. The domain's longevity and use of Cloudflare services indicate a mature digital presence, but no direct business or contact information is available for further intelligence.

Security posture

The security posture cannot be fully evaluated due to the blocked website content. The presence of Cloudflare as registrar and hosting provider suggests some level of security infrastructure. However, the TLS SAN mismatch error indicates a misconfiguration that could impact user trust and accessibility. No security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosures are visible. The domain uses HTTPS, but the certificate error is a critical issue that must be resolved to ensure secure and trusted connections.

Recommendations

  1. Resolve the TLS certificate SAN mismatch error to restore website accessibility and secure HTTPS connections.
  2. Publish clear privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  3. Implement and expose security policies and incident response contacts to enhance transparency and readiness.
  4. Ensure proper metadata, structured data, and SEO optimizations are in place once the site is accessible.
  5. Regularly audit and monitor security configurations to prevent similar blocking or misconfiguration issues.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Requested host does not match any Subject Alternative Names (SANs) on TLS certificate, indicating a routing or configuration error behind Cloudflare WAF. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Technology

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to TLS certificate SAN mismatch error behind Cloudflare.
  2. No metadata, structured data, or visible content available for analysis.
  3. No contact information, policies, or business details found on the accessible page.
  4. WHOIS data indicates a well-established domain registered via Cloudflare.
  5. Security posture cannot be fully assessed due to blocked content.
  6. No evidence of adult or explicit content based on domain and brand context.
  7. Analysis incomplete due to WAF/security mechanisms. For accurate analysis, please contact guard@offseq.com
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted and registered via Cloudflare, indicating use of modern CDN and security services. However, the TLS certificate SAN mismatch error prevents loading of any HTML content, metadata, or scripts, blocking analysis of the tech stack, CMS, or performance. No information on frameworks, analytics, or advertising technologies is available. The domain age and registrar data suggest a mature infrastructure, but the current misconfiguration represents a significant technical risk impacting availability and trust.
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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