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Security report for shoeboxtour.com

Other · Japan

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.shoeboxtour.com is a Japanese-language niche affiliate marketing site focused on promoting hair removal salons and medical hair removal clinics in Morioka, Japan. It provides detailed content about the benefits of hair removal, local attractions, and ranks recommended salons such as TBC with affiliate links. The target audience is primarily women in Morioka interested in beauty and hair removal services. The business model relies on affiliate marketing commissions from salon bookings. Technically, the site is built with basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without advanced frameworks or CMS detected. It includes SEO-friendly elements such as canonical URLs and JSON-LD structured data for breadcrumbs. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic but functional. Performance is moderate with no major issues detected. From a security perspective, the site lacks visible security headers and does not disclose privacy or cookie policies, which impacts compliance and trust. Tracking is implemented via Research Artisan Pro scripts and pixels, indicating moderate user tracking without clear privacy disclosures. No contact emails or phone numbers are provided, only a contact form and a physical address for a promoted salon. No WHOIS data was provided for domain legitimacy analysis. Overall, the site is functional and relevant for its niche but requires improvements in privacy compliance, security best practices, and clearer contact information to enhance trust and regulatory adherence.

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

8 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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  • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
50
Average
50

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

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Leaked records that mention shoeboxtour.com, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The site occupies a local niche in the Morioka beauty market, focusing on hair removal services. Its competitive advantage lies in localized content and affiliate partnerships with established salons like TBC. Revenue streams are primarily affiliate commissions. The target customers are local women seeking beauty treatments. Growth potential depends on expanding affiliate partnerships and improving site trustworthiness. The partnership ecosystem includes affiliate networks and tracking providers. The site operates as a small business with no parent or subsidiary companies identified.

Security posture

The current security posture is basic with no advanced protections or disclosures. The absence of security headers and privacy policies indicates compliance gaps, especially under GDPR or similar regulations. Tracking scripts are present but without clear user consent mechanisms. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies are not found, limiting readiness for security events. The site should prioritize implementing HTTPS enforcement, security headers, privacy and cookie policies, and a security.txt file to improve security culture and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Provide explicit contact emails and phone numbers for customer and security inquiries.
  4. Deploy a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to improve incident response readiness.
  5. Ensure HTTPS is enforced site-wide with strong SSL/TLS configuration.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
The website provides information and rankings about hair removal (脱毛) salons and medical hair removal clinics in Morioka, Japan. It offers detailed content about the benefits of hair removal, local attractions, and promotes specific salons such as TBC with location and service details.
Key services
Hair removal salon recommendations, Medical hair removal clinic information, Affiliate links to booking and official salon pages
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
40/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of rel="nofollow" on affiliate links

Analytics and tracking

Services
Research Artisan Pro
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Affiliate network via t.afi-b.com
Marketing tools
Affiliate links, Tracking scripts
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is fully accessible and not blocked by WAF or security mechanisms.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found; only a contact form link and a physical address for a promoted salon.
  4. Site uses affiliate marketing with nofollow links to external hair removal salons.
  5. Site content is in Japanese and targets local Morioka area customers interested in hair removal.
  6. Technical implementation is basic with no advanced frameworks detected.
  7. Tracking is done via Research Artisan Pro scripts and pixels.
  8. No security headers or advanced security configurations detected in the HTML content.
  9. No visible certifications or security policies disclosed.
  10. SEO is supported by canonical tags and JSON-LD breadcrumb structured data.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a simple technology stack with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No CMS or advanced frameworks detected. SEO is supported by canonical tags and JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate with no major issues but mobile optimization and accessibility are basic. Tracking is implemented via third-party analytics scripts. There is room for modernization by adopting responsive design frameworks, improving accessibility, and enhancing security configurations to reduce technical debt and operational risks.
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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