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Security report for smarthome-on.de

Technology · Germany

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

SMARTHOME-on.de is a German-language niche media website focused on smart home technology, home automation, and related lifestyle topics including finance and health. The site provides news articles, product reviews, and project showcases targeting German-speaking consumers interested in smart home solutions. The business model appears to rely on content publishing combined with affiliate marketing, notably through Amazon affiliate links. The website is small in scale and serves a specialized audience with consistent branding and good content quality. Technically, the site uses a custom or unknown CMS with a technology stack based on jQuery and various UI plugins for sliders and carousels. Google Analytics is used for visitor tracking. The site is served over HTTPS with moderate performance and basic mobile optimization. SEO and accessibility are basic but functional. No major technical red flags were detected. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS but lacks visible security headers and does not provide privacy or cookie policies, which impacts compliance and trust. No contact information or incident response details are published. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The WHOIS data is minimal but consistent with a small niche site. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved with better policies and headers. The overall risk is moderate with no critical issues detected. Strategic recommendations include publishing privacy and cookie policies, adding security headers, improving contact transparency, and enhancing mobile and accessibility features to strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  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';…

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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
90
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
58

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 smarthome-on.de, 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

SMARTHOME-on.de occupies a niche position in the German smart home media market, providing curated news and product information. Its competitive advantage lies in focused content and affiliate marketing partnerships, particularly with Amazon. The target customers are tech-savvy German consumers interested in home automation and related lifestyle topics. The site shows indicators of steady content updates and partnerships with related service providers. Revenue streams likely include affiliate commissions and advertising. The partnership ecosystem includes local service providers in related sectors. The business operates at a small scale with a content-driven model and moderate digital maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no visible exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web attacks. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are provided, limiting readiness for security incidents. The use of Google Analytics implies user tracking without visible consent mechanisms, which may pose privacy risks. Overall, the security culture appears minimal and would benefit from formalized policies and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance protection against common web vulnerabilities.
  3. Provide clear contact information including a security incident response contact or abuse email to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility features to improve user experience and compliance with accessibility standards.
  5. Consider adding a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting and improve security posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
Hausautomation mit aktuellen Meldungen und Projekte und Produktvorstellungen für Smarthome-Anwendungen
Key services
News articles, Product reviews, Project showcases, Affiliate marketing
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, jQuery Superfish, jQuery Flexslider, jQuery Fancybox, jCarousel, jQuery Masonry, Google Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • No vulnerable libraries detected from scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a German-language niche media site focused on smart home technology, finance, health, and lifestyle news.
  2. No privacy policy, cookie policy, or terms of service pages found.
  3. No explicit contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses found on the homepage or footer.
  4. Uses HTTPS and includes Google Analytics for tracking.
  5. Affiliate marketing present via Amazon affiliate link.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. No social media links explicitly found in the HTML content.
  8. Website uses multiple jQuery plugins for UI components and carousels.
  9. Content is well structured with clear navigation and categorized news sections.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom or unknown CMS platform using a technology stack centered around jQuery and several UI enhancement plugins such as Superfish, Flexslider, Fancybox, jCarousel, and Masonry. Google Analytics is integrated for visitor tracking. The site is served over HTTPS with moderate performance and basic mobile responsiveness. SEO is supported by meta tags but lacks advanced structured data or Open Graph tags. Accessibility features are minimal but present. The site does not use modern JavaScript frameworks or CMS platforms like WordPress or Drupal, indicating potential technical debt and modernization opportunities. Hosting provider details are not disclosed. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but could benefit from modernization and improved performance optimization.
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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