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ANALYZED URL AFTER LOADING:
http://www.translate.bio/
ANALYZED MAIL SERVER:
de-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
SCAN ERROR:
What is this? This page shows the result of a machine-generated analysis of a specific website, which was commissioned by a PrivacyScore user. During the analysis it was checked whether the privacy of the visitors is protected on a technical level as well as possible when visiting the given internet addresses, and whether the operator uses common security mechanisms on the website. This can indicate how seriously an operator takes data protection. However, it is not possible to determine the actual security level achieved. More details please!
Many websites are using services provided by third parties to enhance their websites. However, this use of third parties has privacy implications for the users, as the information that they are visiting a particular website is also disclosed to all used third parties.
Conditions for passing: Test passes if no 3rd party resources are being embedded on the website.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
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Often, web tracking is done through embedding trackers and advertising companies as third parties in the website. This test checks if any of the 3rd parties are known trackers or advertisers, as determined by matching them against a number of blocking lists (see “conditions for passing”).
Conditions for passing: Test passes if none of the embedded 3rd parties is a known tracker, as determined by a combination of three common blocking rulesets for AdBlock Plus: the EasyList, EasyPrivacy and Fanboy’s Annoyance List (which covers social media embeds).
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: Due to modifications to the list to make them compatible with our system, false positives may be introduced in rare conditions (e.g., if rules were blocking only specific resource types).
Scan Module: OpenWPM
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Result wrong? report errorCookies can be used to track you over multiple visits, but they also have benign uses. This test checks how many cookies the website itself is setting.
Conditions for passing: The test will pass if no cookies are set. Otherwise, it will be neutral.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
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Cookies can also be set by third parties that are included in the website. This test counts 3rd party cookies, and matches them against the same tracker and advertising lists that the 3rd party tests use.
Conditions for passing: The test will pass if no cookies are set by third parties.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
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Google Analytics is a very prevalent tracker, and allows Google to track users over wide swaths of the internet. This test checks if Google Analytics is present on the website.
Conditions for passing: Test is passes if Google Analytics is not being used.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
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We obtain the IP addresses of the domain and look up its country in a GeoIP database. It is believed that personal data is protected better, if a website is hosted in a country that implements the European General Data Protection Directive (GDPR). We plan to offer more flexible geo-location tests in the future.
Conditions for passing: The test passes if all IP addresses (A records) are found to be in countries that implement the GDPR.
Reliability: unreliable. We perform a single DNS lookup for the A records of the domain name of the respective site. Due to DNS round robin configurations, we may not see all IP addresses that are actually used by a site. Furthermore, if the site uses content delivery networks or anycasting the set of addresses we observe may differ from the set for other users. We look up the IP addresses within a local copy of a GeoIP database. We use the GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com.
Potential scan errors: The result may be incorrect for the following reasons. First, we may miss some IP addresses and therefore our results may be incomplete (causing the test to pass while it shouldn’t). Second, we may see a set of IP addresses that is biased due to the location of our scanning servers (all of them are currently in Germany), which may again cause the test to pass while it shouldn’t. Therefore, the results may be wrong for users located in other countries. Third, the determination of the geo-location of IP addresses is known to be imperfect. This may cause the test to fail or succeed where it shouldn’t.
Scan module: network
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Result wrong? report errorWe obtain the IP addresses of the mail server record(s) associated with the domain and look up its country in a GeoIP database. It is believed that personal data is protected better, if a website is hosted in a country that implements the European General Data Protection Directive (GDPR). We plan to offer more flexible geo-location tests in the future.
Conditions for passing: The test passes if all IP addresses associated with the MX records are found to be in countries that implement the GDPR. This test is neutral if there are no MX records.
Reliability: unreliable. We perform a single DNS lookup for the MX records of the domain name of the respective site. Then we obtain all A records of each MX record. Due to DNS round robin configurations, we may not see all IP addresses that are actually used by a site. Furthermore, if the site uses content delivery networks or anycasting the set of addresses we observe may differ from the set for other users. We look up the IP addresses within a local copy of a GeoIP database. We use the GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com. Finally, we only check mail servers found in MX records. Therefore, we miss sites where the domain does not have MX records, but mail is directly handled by a mail server running on the IP address given by its A record.
Potential scan errors: The result may be incorrect for the following reasons. First, we may miss some IP addresses and therefore our results may be incomplete (causing the test to pass while it shouldn’t). Second, we may see a set of IP addresses that is biased due to the location of our scanning servers (all of them are currently in Germany), which may again cause the test to pass while it shouldn’t. Therefore, the results may be wrong for users located in other countries. Third, the determination of the geo-location of IP addresses is known to be imperfect. This may cause the test to fail or succeed where it shouldn’t.
Scan module: network
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorSome site owners outsource hosting of mail or web servers to specialized operators that are located in a foreign country. Some users may find it surprising that web and mail traffic is not handled in the same fashion and in one of the two cases their traffic is transferred to a foreign country.
Conditions for passing: Test passes if the set of countries where the web servers are located matches the set of countries where the mail servers associated with the domain are located. If there are no MX records this test is neutral.
Reliability: unreliable. See GEOMAIL check.
Potential scan errors: See GEOMAIL check. This check may wrongly be recorded as "failed", if one of the servers is found to be located in the country "Europe", which is due to peculiarities of how MaxMind records geolocations.
Scan module: network
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Result wrong? report errorCheck if the Server offers HTTPS
HTTPS is a critical building block in website security. This check tests if the web server offers users the option to connect via HTTPS.
Conditions for passing: Test fails if the server does not offer HTTPS.
Reliability: unreliable.
Potential scan errors: If the server employs tarpitting the testssl check fails.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
Result wrong? report errorTo protect their users, websites offering HTTPS should automatically redirect visitors to the secure version of the website if they visit the unsecured version, as users cannot be expected to change the address by hand. This test verifies that this is the case. If the browser is redirected to a secure URL, all other HTTPS tests use the final URL.
Conditions for passing: Test passes if the server automatically redirects the browser to an HTTPS URL when the browser requests a HTTP URL. Neutral if the given URL is already an HTTPS URL.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: If users are redirected to the HTTPS version using JavaScript, this test may not detect it.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
Some servers offer HTTPS, but will forward users back to the insecure version of the website when they attempt to use it.
Conditions for passing: Test fails if the server automatically redirects the browser to an HTTP URL when the browser requests a HTTPS URL. Neutral if the server does not support HTTPS.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: If users are redirected to the HTTP version using JavaScript, this test may not detect it.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
If HTTPS websites include content from HTTP sites, this opens the website to additional attacks. This 'mixed content' will also be blocked by modern browsers, which may lead to problems in how the website is displayed.
Conditions for passing: Test passes if the website does not use mixed content. If the server does not offer HTTPS, the test is neutral.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorWeb servers may be configured incorrectly and expose private information on the public internet. This test looks for a series of common mistakes: Exposing the "server-status" or "server-info" pages of the web server, common debugging files that may have been forgotten on the server, and the presence of version control system files from the Git or SVN systems, which may contain private or security-critical information.
Conditions for passing: No leaks have been detected.
Reliability: unreliable. The detection is not completely reliable, as we can only check for certain indicators of problems. This test may result in both false positives (claiming that a website is insecure where it isn't) and false negatives (claiming that a website is secure where it isn't).
Potential scan errors: We only check for leaks at specific, pre-defined paths. If The website exposes information in other places, we may not detect it.
Scan Module: serverleaks
Further reading:
This HTTP header helps to prevent Cross-Site-Scripting attacks. With CSP, a site can whitelist servers from which it expects its content to be loaded. This prevents adversaries from injecting malicious scripts into the site.
Conditions for passing: The Content-Security-Policy header is present.
Reliability: shallow. At the moment we only check for this header in the response that belongs to the first request for the final URL (after following potential redirects to other HTTP/HTTPS URLs). Furthermore, we only report whether the header is set or not, i.e., we do not analyze whether the content of the header makes sense.
Potential scan errors: We may miss security problems on sites that redirect multiple times. We may also miss security problems on sites that issue multiple requests to render the resulting page but forget to set the header in all responses.
Scan Module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
This HTTP header prevents adversaries from embedding a site for malicious purposes. XFO allows a site to tell the browser that it is not acceptable to include it within a frame from another server. This decreases the risk of click-jacking attacks.
Conditions for passing: The X-Frame-Options header is present and set to “SAMEORIGIN” (as recommended by securityheaders.io).
Reliability: shallow. At the moment we only check for this header in the response that belongs to the first request for the final URL (after following potential redirects to other HTTP/HTTPS URLs).
Potential scan errors: We may miss security problems on sites that redirect multiple times. We may also miss security problems on sites that issue multiple requests to render the resulting page but forget to set the header in all responses.
Scan module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
This HTTP header prevents certain cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Browsers are instructed to stop loading the page when they detect reflective XSS attacks. This header is useful for older browsers that do not support the more recent Content Security Policy header yet.
Conditions for passing: The X-XSS-Protection HTTP header is present and set to “1; mode=block” (which is the best policy and also recommended by the scan service securityheaders.io).
Reliability: unreliable. At the moment we only check for this header in the response that belongs to the first request for the final URL (after following potential redirects to other HTTP/HTTPS URLs).
Potential scan errors: We may miss security problems on sites that redirect multiple times. We may also miss security problems on sites that issue multiple requests to render the resulting page but forget to set the header in all responses.
Scan module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorThis HTTP header prevents browsers from accidentally executing code. Browsers are instructed to interpret all objects received from a server according to the MIME type set in the Content-Type HTTP header. Traditionally, browsers have tried to guess the content type based on the content, which has been exploited by attackers to make browsers execute malicious code.
Conditions for passing: The X-Content-Type-Options HTTP header is present and set to “nosniff”.
Reliability: unreliable. At the moment we only check for this header in the response that belongs to the first request for the final URL (after following potential redirects to other HTTP/HTTPS URLs).
Potential scan errors: We may miss security problems on sites that redirect multiple times. We may also miss security problems on sites that issue multiple requests to render the resulting page but forget to set the header in all responses.
Scan module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorA secure referrer policy prevents the browser from disclosing the URL of the current page to other pages. Without a referrer policy most browsers send a Referer header whenever content is retrieved from third parties or when you visit a different page by clicking on a link. This may disclose sensitive information.
Conditions for passing: Referrer-Policy header is present. Referrer-Policy is set to “no-referrer” (which is the only recommended policy recommended by dataskydd.net in their Webbkoll scan service).
Reliability: unreliable. At the moment we only check for this header in the response that belongs to the first request for the final URL (after following potential redirects to other HTTP/HTTPS URLs).
Potential scan errors: We may miss security problems on sites that redirect multiple times. We may also miss security problems on sites that issue multiple requests to render the resulting page but forget to set the header in all responses. We fail to detect a referrer policy that is set via the “referer” HTTP-EQUIV META tag in the HTML code.
Scan module: OpenWPM
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorSSL 3.0 is a deprecated encryption protocol with known vulnerabilities. Encrypted connections that use SSL 3.0 are vulnerable to the so-called POODLE attack. This allows adversaries to steal sensitive pieces of information such as session cookies that are transferred over a connection.
Conditions for passing: Test passes if the server does not offer the SSL 3.0 protocol. Neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Result wrong? report errorTLS 1.0 is a legacy encryption protocol that does not support the latest cryptographic algorithms. From a security perspective, it would be desirable to disable TLS 1.0 support. However, many sites still offer TLS 1.0 in order to support legacy clients, although, as of 2014, most contemporary web browsers support at least TLS 1.1. Furthermore, the PCI DSS 3.2 standard mandates that sites that process credit card data remove support for TLS 1.0 by June 2018.
Informational check: As TLS 1.0 is neither desireable nor completely deprecated, this test is informational and will always be neutral.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
TLS 1.1 is an outdated encryption protocol that does not support the latest cryptographic algorithms. From a security perspective, it would be desirable to disable TLS 1.1 support in favor of TLS 1.2. However, there are still many clients that are not compatible with TLS 1.2
Informational check: At the moment, we show the result of this check for informational purposes only. The result of this check does not influence the rating and ranking.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
TLS 1.2 is the a modern encryption protocol that does support the latest cryptographic algorithms.
Informational check: Test passes if the server does offer the SSL 3.0 protocol. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Check for protection against Heartbleed
The Heartbleed vulnerability was a critical error in a SSL-enabled server that allowed attackers to retrieve sensitive information from the server.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
The ChangeCipherSpec-Bug was a critical programming error in OpenSSL.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
The Ticketbleed-Bug was a programming error in enterprise-level hardware.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. As mitigations exist that cannot be detected automatically, the result will be neutral if the attack is detected to be present. The result is also neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: unreliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. As no mitigations exist that do not break backwards-compatibility with most old clients, we will not actively penalize servers for this vulnerability at the moment, however this may change in the future. The result is also neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. As mitigations exist that cannot be detected automatically, the result will be neutral if the attack is detected to be present. The result is also neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not using RC4. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
Description will be added soon.
Informational check: Test passes if the server is not vulnerable to this bug. The result is neutral if the server does not offer encryption at all or if the server cannot be reached.
Reliability: reliable.
Potential scan errors: None that we are aware of.
Scan module: testssl
Further reading:
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