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Security report for youtube.com

YouTube · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The analyzed URL is a redirect endpoint on the www.youtube.com domain, which currently serves an error page with minimal content indicating 'Something went wrong.' The domain www.youtube.com is a globally recognized platform owned by Google LLC, specializing in video hosting and streaming services. However, the specific page content is inaccessible or blocked, limiting the ability to perform a full content and security analysis. The WHOIS data for the domain is unavailable due to registry restrictions, which is typical for high-profile domains and does not indicate suspicious activity. The page lacks privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies, as well as contact or security incident response information, which is expected given it is an error/redirect page rather than a full website landing page.

Scanned

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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

6 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.

    • 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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: YouTube

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
49
Security headers
90
Email security
85
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
75

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

Add-on

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

Total records
1,057,278
Employees
19
Customers
1,055,418
Third parties
1,841
Weak passwords
17%

Latest record dated 2026-06-12 · 560 subdomains affected

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  • –youtube.com2026-06-12
  • –youtube.com2026-05-25
  • –www.youtube.com2026-05-24
  • –www.youtube.com2026-05-21
  • –youtube.com2026-05-20

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Brand lookalikes

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Domains that imitate youtube.com and could be used for phishing or spoofed email, tracked in OffSeq Breach.

Tracked
240
Registered
240
Resolving
240
High or critical
0

Last checked 2026-06-19

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  • yo•••••.comMediumreplacement
  • yo•••••.comMediumbitsquatting
  • yo•••••.comMediumbitsquatting

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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

YouTube operates as a leading technology company in the online video sharing and streaming industry, with a business model centered on advertising and subscription services. The platform targets a general audience worldwide and holds a dominant market position. The analyzed page does not provide additional business intelligence data due to its error state. The parent company is Google LLC, and YouTube is an enterprise-scale operation with extensive global reach. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified from the page content.

Security posture

The security posture of this specific page is weak due to the lack of visible security headers, absence of privacy and cookie policies, and no incident response or vulnerability disclosure information. The page is served over HTTPS, but no further SSL or security configuration details are available. The minimal content and error message suggest the page may be a fallback or blocked resource, possibly protected by a WAF or similar security mechanism. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive error handling pages that include links to privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to improve user trust.
  2. Ensure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security are applied even on error pages.
  3. Provide clear contact and incident response information accessible from all pages to enhance security transparency.
  4. Maintain WHOIS data visibility where possible or provide verified domain ownership information to improve legitimacy signals.
  5. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility features across all pages, including error and redirect pages.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. The page is an error page with minimal content indicating 'Something went wrong' and no WHOIS data found for the domain, suggesting access is blocked or restricted. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
YouTube
Description
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google, providing video hosting, streaming, and sharing services.
Key services
Video hosting, Video streaming, Content sharing, Advertising platform
Content quality
poor
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. The page is an error page with minimal content and no functional features.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies are present on this page.
  3. No contact information or security policies are provided.
  4. No scripts or external libraries beyond basic static resources are detected.
  5. The WHOIS data is unavailable, likely due to registry restrictions.
  6. The page is likely a redirect or error placeholder page on YouTube domain.
  7. No advertising or analytics scripts detected on this page.
  8. The site uses HTTPS as indicated by the URL but no security headers are visible in the provided data.
Technical notes

Notes

The page is a simple HTML error page with inline CSS and SVG graphics, lacking dynamic scripts or advanced frameworks. The technology stack is minimal, using standard HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for form submission handling. No CMS or hosting provider information is discernible from the content. Performance is likely moderate given the minimal content, but mobile optimization and accessibility are basic. SEO optimization is minimal due to the lack of metadata and structured data. The absence of analytics or advertising scripts suggests this page is not intended for user engagement but rather as a fallback or error display.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 81/100 +3Low22 findingsView report
  2. 78/100 −5Low24 findingsView report
  3. 83/100 −2Low20 findingsView report
  4. 85/100 −1Low20 findingsView report
  5. 86/100Low19 findingsView report
  6. 86/100 +3Low19 findingsView report
  7. 83/100Low19 findingsView report
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