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Security report for porn40.com

Danesco Trading Ltd. · Media · N/a

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Porn40.com operates as a free adult content video search engine, providing categorized access to a wide range of pornographic videos aggregated from multiple external sources. The site targets an adult audience exclusively and monetizes primarily through affiliate marketing and advertising partnerships with other adult content providers. The domain is well-established, registered since 2011, and managed by Danesco Trading Ltd., indicating a stable business presence in the adult media sector. The website features multilingual support and a broad category taxonomy to serve diverse user preferences. Technically, the site employs standard web technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Google Fonts, with Cloudflare DNS services for hosting and content delivery. The site demonstrates moderate performance and good mobile optimization, though accessibility features are basic. SEO practices are adequately implemented with proper meta tags and structured navigation. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers suggests room for improvement in technical security hardening. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which lowers its security posture score. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. The presence of a clear abuse contact email is a positive incident response indicator. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the site content is fully accessible. Overall, Porn40.com presents a functional and moderately secure adult content search platform with established business credibility but notable privacy and security compliance deficiencies. Strategic improvements in privacy policy implementation, security header deployment, and DNSSEC adoption are recommended to enhance trust and regulatory compliance.

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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  2. 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';…

  3. 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

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
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  • Security headers
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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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
65
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
55

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

Porn40.com occupies a niche as a free adult video search engine, aggregating content from numerous partner sites to provide users with extensive pornographic video categories. Its business model relies on affiliate marketing and advertising revenue, leveraging partnerships with multiple adult content providers. The site targets adult consumers seeking free pornographic content, offering a wide variety of categories and multilingual support to broaden market reach. The domain's longevity since 2011 suggests sustained operations and market presence. The partnership ecosystem includes well-known adult sites, enhancing content diversity and user engagement. However, the lack of direct content hosting and limited transparency on privacy policies may impact user trust and regulatory compliance. Growth opportunities exist in improving privacy compliance and security posture to align with evolving data protection standards.

Security posture

The security posture of Porn40.com is moderate. The site enforces HTTPS, ensuring encrypted communications, but lacks DNSSEC, which could expose DNS spoofing risks. No security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options were detected, leaving the site potentially vulnerable to clickjacking and content injection attacks. The absence of a privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. The presence of an abuse contact email is a positive sign for incident response readiness. No evidence of malware, phishing, or exposed sensitive data was found. Overall, the site would benefit from implementing security best practices including DNSSEC, security headers, privacy and cookie policies, and a vulnerability disclosure program to strengthen its security maturity and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement DNSSEC to secure DNS resolution and prevent spoofing attacks.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  3. Deploy security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Establish a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Danesco Trading Ltd.
Description
Porn40.com is a search engine website that indexes and links to pornographic videos from various external sources. It does not own, produce, host, or upload any videos but provides categorized access to free porn content.
Key services
Porn video search engine, Categorized video listings, Affiliate links to partner adult sites
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Fonts, Cloudflare DNS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data
  • Secure form inputs (search forms)

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
xlviiirdr.com, faphouse.com
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a free adult content video search engine linking to external porn sites.
  2. No privacy or cookie policy found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. Clear abuse contact email provided.
  4. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  5. No phone numbers or physical addresses found.
  6. Site uses Cloudflare DNS but no DNSSEC enabled.
  7. No explicit security headers detected in HTML content.
  8. Site content is fully accessible with no WAF blocking.
  9. Site is multilingual with many language alternates.
  10. Site uses affiliate links for monetization.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a standard technology stack with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, supplemented by Google Fonts for typography. Hosting and DNS services are provided via Cloudflare, which offers CDN and DNS management but DNSSEC is not enabled, representing a technical security gap. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and includes SEO best practices such as meta tags and canonical URLs. Performance is moderate, with preloading of styles and scripts to improve load times. No CMS or advanced frameworks were detected, indicating a custom or lightweight implementation. The site lacks advanced security headers and privacy compliance mechanisms, which are technical debts that should be addressed to improve security and regulatory adherence.
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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