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Cloudflare TurnstileCloudflare WAF
Analyzed 9/5/2025Completed 5:10:33 AM
52
Security Score
MEDIUM RISK

AI Summary

The domain www.softwareadvice.co.nz currently serves a Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge page, preventing access to any substantive website content. Due to this, no business information, metadata, or contact details are accessible. The WHOIS lookup for this domain returned no registration data, indicating the domain is either unregistered or inactive in the .nz registry. The site is protected by Cloudflare's security infrastructure, which blocks automated or suspicious traffic. This results in a very limited ability to assess the business, technical infrastructure, or security posture beyond the presence of Cloudflare's WAF and captcha mechanisms. The lack of WHOIS data and inaccessible content significantly reduce trust and legitimacy scores for this domain.

Detected Technologies

Cloudflare TurnstileCloudflare WAF

🧠AI Business Intelligence

Technology stack, business insights, and market analysis powered by AI.

Business Intelligence

Market & Strategic Analysis

No business intelligence can be derived from the current content as the site is inaccessible. The domain appears unregistered or inactive, which contradicts any claims of active business operations under this domain. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified. No contact or policy information is available to infer business model or market positioning.

Security Posture Analysis

Comprehensive Security Assessment

The security posture is dominated by Cloudflare's WAF and Turnstile captcha, which provide strong protection against automated threats and abuse. However, no further security headers or SSL/TLS configuration details are visible due to the blocking. The absence of accessible content prevents evaluation of secure coding practices, vulnerability disclosures, or incident response readiness. The domain's unregistered status raises concerns about legitimacy and potential misuse.

Strategic Recommendations

Priority Actions for Security Improvement

1

Register and properly configure the domain if intended for active business use.

Observations

AI-powered comprehensive website and business analysis.

AI-Enhanced Website Analysis

Cloudflare Detected

Page is a Cloudflare security challenge with Turnstile captcha verifying human visitor before access.

Analysis results may be incomplete. For accurate analysis, please contact guard@offseq.com

Business Insights

Technical Stack

Technologies:
Cloudflare TurnstileCloudflare WAF

Security Assessment

0

Analytics & Tracking

Advertising & Marketing

Website Quality Assessment

Trustworthiness:low

Key Observations

1

Website content is blocked by Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge

🛡️Security Headers

HTTP security headers analysis and recommendations.

Security Headers

HTTP security headers analysis

35/100
Score

Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

HIGH

Forces HTTPS connections

Missing X-Content-Type-Options header

MEDIUM

Prevents MIME type sniffing

Missing Content-Security-Policy header

HIGH

Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

Missing X-XSS-Protection header

MEDIUM

Legacy XSS protection (deprecated but still recommended)

Weak Referrer-Policy configuration

LOW

Current value: "same-origin"

Missing Permissions-Policy header

MEDIUM

Controls browser features and APIs

👤GDPR Compliance

Privacy and data protection assessment under GDPR regulations.

GDPR Compliance

Privacy and data protection assessment

35/100
Score

No Privacy Policy found

HIGH

GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

No Cookie Policy found

HIGH

GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

No Cookie Consent Banner found

HIGH

GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

Third-party services without privacy policy

HIGH

Detected services: Cloudflare

GDPR Compliance Analysis

Privacy Policy0% confidence
Cookie Policy0% confidence
Contact Information Found90% confidence
phone

🛡️NIS2 Compliance

Network & Information Security Directive compliance assessment.

NIS2 Compliance

Network & Information Security Directive

2/100
Score

No information security framework found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented cybersecurity and information security measures

No vulnerability disclosure policy

MEDIUM

NIS2 encourages coordinated vulnerability disclosure

No security policy documentation found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented cybersecurity governance and risk management

No incident response procedures found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented incident response and business continuity plans

No business continuity planning found

MEDIUM

NIS2 emphasizes operational resilience and business continuity

No security contact information

HIGH

NIS2 requires clear incident reporting channels

No vulnerability reporting mechanism

MEDIUM

Clear vulnerability reporting supports coordinated disclosure

No NIS2 reference found

LOW

Consider explicitly mentioning NIS2 compliance efforts

Critical sector without clear security compliance

HIGH

Detected sectors: energy, transport, digital

📧Email Security

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation and email security assessment.

Email Security

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation

70/100
Score

No DKIM record found

MEDIUM

DKIM adds cryptographic signatures to emails

No BIMI Record

LOW

BIMI displays brand logos in email clients

No MTA-STS Policy

MEDIUM

MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

No TLS-RPT Record

LOW

TLS-RPT provides reporting for email TLS issues

SPF
Sender Policy Framework
DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail
DMARC
Domain-based Message Authentication
MX Records
Mail Exchange Records
BIMI
Brand Indicators
MTA-STS
Mail Transfer Agent Security
TLS-RPT
TLS Reporting
DNSSEC
DNS Security
SPF Details
Record:
v=spf1 -all
DNS Lookups:0/10
Policy:-all
DMARC Details
Policy:reject
Aggregate Reports:ku8z59h0@ag.dmarcian.com

🏆SSL/TLS Security

Certificate validity and encryption analysis.

SSL/TLS Security

Certificate validity and encryption analysis

75/100
Score

SSL Certificate Expires Within 90 Days

MEDIUM

SSL certificate expires in 65 days

Weak SSL Key Length

HIGH

SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

Partial SSL/TLS Assessment

LOW

Completed 2 of 4 security checks due to time constraints

Certificate Details

Subject:softwareadvice.co.nz
Issuer:WE1
Valid Until:11/9/2025 (65 days)
SANs:softwareadvice.co.nz, *.softwareadvice.co.nz

OCSP Status

OCSP Stapling Disabled

📊DNS Health

DNS configuration and security assessment.

DNS Health

DNS configuration and security assessment

75/100
Score

DNSSEC Not Enabled

MEDIUM

DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

Domain Transfer Lock Not Enabled

MEDIUM

Domain can be transferred without authorization

Domain Delete Lock Not Enabled

LOW

Domain can be deleted without additional verification

Domain Registration Details

Domain Age
8 years(mature)
Protection Level
noneDNSSEC OFF
Suspicious Indicators Detected
  • No domain protection locks enabled

DNS Records

A Records:104.18.43.181, 172.64.144.75
AAAA Records:2a06:98c1:3108::ac40:904b, 2606:4700:440a::6812:2bb5
Name Servers:
alice.ns.cloudflare.com
earl.ns.cloudflare.com
MX Records:
10: mxa-0016aa01.gslb.pphosted.com
10: mxb-0016aa01.gslb.pphosted.com
SOA:Serial: 2381523672, TTL: 1800s

DNSSEC Status

DNSSEC Not Enabled

DNS Performance

Resolution Time:46ms

SPF Analysis

SPF Record:
v=spf1 -all

Network Security

Port scanning and network exposure analysis.

Network Security

Port scanning and network exposure analysis

100/100
Score

Good Network Security Posture

LOW

No unnecessary services detected on common risky ports

🔧Technical Analysis

Detailed technical findings and analysis from AI assessment.

Technical Analysis

Comprehensive security assessment findings

Additional Findings

The site is hosted behind Cloudflare, utilizing their Turnstile captcha for bot mitigation. No CMS or frameworks are detectable due to content blocking. The technical stack is minimal and focused on security filtering rather than content delivery. Performance and SEO cannot be assessed. The domain's lack of WHOIS data suggests it is not actively managed or registered, which is a critical technical and operational risk.
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