Skip to main content

Security report for sciencearticles.cc

Other · N/a

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website sciencearticles.cc presents itself as a multilingual aggregator of scientific articles but the actual content and article titles suggest a focus on gaming-related topics, which undermines its credibility. The site lacks fundamental business information, contact details, and legal policies such as privacy or cookie policies. Technically, the site uses basic HTML and CSS without modern frameworks or CMS detected. There is no evidence of HTTPS enforcement or security headers, indicating a weak security posture. No analytics or tracking technologies are present, and no social media or contact emails are found, limiting user engagement and trust. Overall, the site appears to be a low-quality content aggregator with potential spammy characteristics and insufficient compliance or security measures.

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

9 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

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching sciencearticles.cc

This scan found 24 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. See sample alerts.

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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
59

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 business model appears to be content aggregation across multiple languages, but the content quality and relevance are poor, with gaming-related article titles inconsistent with the scientific theme. The lack of contact information, policies, and certifications suggests a low level of professionalism and limited market presence. External links include suspicious numeric domains, which may indicate low trust partnerships or spam. The target audience is unclear due to inconsistent content. There is no indication of revenue streams, partnerships, or growth indicators. The site likely operates as a small-scale or hobby project rather than a professional scientific publication platform.

Security posture

The security posture is weak, with no HTTPS enforcement or security headers detected. No forms or inputs are present to assess for secure handling of user data. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is available. The use of privacy protection in WHOIS data without clear business justification adds to the trust concerns. Overall, the site is vulnerable to interception and lacks basic security hygiene, posing risks to users and undermining trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate to secure user connections.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and build user trust.
  3. Provide clear contact information and business details to improve credibility.
  4. Remove or revise spammy and irrelevant content to align with the scientific article theme.
  5. Add security headers and consider a vulnerability disclosure policy to enhance security posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
The website appears to aggregate and provide access to scientific articles in multiple languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish. The content includes links to articles that appear to be gaming-related or possibly spammy in nature, with titles referencing 'darkscape gold' and 'RS gold' which are gaming terms unrelated to scientific content.
Key services
Multilingual article aggregation, Linking to external articles
Content quality
poor
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website lacks privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies.
  2. No contact information or forms present.
  3. Content appears to be low quality with gaming-related spammy article titles.
  4. Multilingual subdomains exist but content is inconsistent with scientific article claims.
  5. No security headers or HTTPS enforcement detected from provided data.
  6. External links include suspicious domains with numeric names.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  8. No social media or business contact emails found.
  9. No visible branding or logo images detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses simple HTML and CSS without detectable modern frameworks or CMS. The site is moderately performant but lacks mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO optimization is poor due to missing meta tags and structured data. No analytics or tracking scripts are present, limiting insights into user behavior. The hosting provider and infrastructure details are not available. The site would benefit from modernization, including responsive design, SEO improvements, and enhanced accessibility to improve user experience and search engine visibility.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with sciencearticles.cc. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review sciencearticles.cc.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.