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Budget operates a car rental service in Australia, offering vehicle rentals including cars, trucks, vans, buses, and 4WD vehicles. The company provides online booking and reservation management through its website and customer loyalty program. UpGuard continuously monitors the security posture of Budget using open-source, commercial, and proprietary threat intelligence feeds. Our analysis is centered on objective, externally verifiable information.

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Budget Security Rating

Budget's security rating is based on the analysis of their external attack surface. The higher the rating, the better their security posture. Start a free trial to get a more in-depth risk assessment for Budget.

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Budget
Company Budget Employees 150 Location Mascot, NSW, Australia Last updated April 19, 2026

Last updated April 19, 2026

Budget Vendor Risk Report

This vendor risk report is based on UpGuard's continuous monitoring of Budget's security posture using open-source, commercial, and proprietary threat intelligence feeds. The results are summarized into a security rating based on the analysis of hundreds of individual checks across five risk categories: website security, email security, phishing & malware, brand & reputation risk, and network security.

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Email

Budget

DMARC policy is not p=none

DMARC reject policy provides the most effective protection against fraudulent emails being sent from a domain.

DMARC policy exists

DMARC protects against fraudulent emails being sent from a domain.

Strict SPF filtering - not using +all

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record strictly enforces specific domains allowed to send email on its behalf.

SPF syntax correct

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record passes basic syntax checks.

DMARC policy percentage is default

DMARC policy percentage is set to default 100%, ensuring all mail is covered by the policy.

SPF ptr mechanism not used

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record does not include the ptr mechanism.

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Network

Budget

'HTTP' port open

The 'HTTP' service is running and exposed to the internet. The configuration of the server should be reviewed and unnecessary ports closed.

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DNS

Budget

DNSSEC not enabled

DNSSEC records prevent third parties from forging the records that guarantee a domain's identity. DNSSEC should be configured for this domain.

Domain registrar or registry deletion protection not enabled

Domain is not protected from unsolicited deletion requests with the registrar or registry. The domain should have clientDeleteProhibited or serverDeleteProhibited set.

Domain registrar or registry update protection not enabled

Domain is not protected from unsolicited update requests with the registrar or registry. The domain should have clientUpdateProhibited or serverUpdateProhibited set.

CAA not enabled

The domain does not contain a valid Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) record. A CAA record indicates which Certificate Authorities (CAs) are authorized to issue certificates for a domain.

No unregistered MX records detected

No unregistered MX records that could lead to receiving mail on behalf of the target organization were detected.

Domain not flagged as inactive

Domain is not flagged as inactive.

Domain not pending deletion

Domain is not pending deletion with the registrar.

Domain not pending restoration

Domain is not pending restoration with the registrar.

Domain free of registrar DNS resolution hold

Domain is not under a DNS resolution hold with the registrar.

Domain free of registry DNS resolution hold

Domain is not under a DNS resolution hold with the registry itself.

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Encryption

Budget

HTTPS redirect not supported

HTTPS is the standard protocol for secure communication on the internet. All redirects should be performed over HTTPS.

Certificate not found on our revoked certificate list

The site's certificate chain was checked against our list of revoked certificates.

SSL available

SSL is supported for this site.

HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS

All HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS.

Hostname matches SSL certificate

The site's hostname matches the SSL certificate.

SSL has not expired

SSL certificate has not expired.

Trusted SSL certificate

The certificate presented by this domain was issued by a trusted certificate authority.

No insecure SSL/TLS versions available

No insecure SSL/TLS versions are available for this site.

SSL certificate chain present in server response

A complete SSL certificate chain was presented by the server for this domain.

SSL chain certificates do not expire within 20 days

SSL intermediate and root certificates do not expire within 20 days.

SSL expiration period shorter than 398 days

The SSL certificate presented by the server has an expiration period shorter than 398 days.

SSL has more than 20% of its valid period remaining

SSL certificate does not expire in less than 20% of its total valid period.

Strong SSL algorithm

Industry standard SHA-256 encryption in use.

Strong public certificate key length

The site's public certificate provides at least 112 bits of security strength.

No weak cipher suites supported in TLS 1.2

TLS connections to the site do not support any weak cipher suites.

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IP/Domain Reputation

Budget

Not a suspected malware provider

This website does not appear to contain malicious code.

No reports of botnet activity in the last 30 days

This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 30 days.

No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 30 days

This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 30 days.

No reports of malware distribution in the last 30 days

This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 30 days.

No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days

This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days.

Not suspected of unwanted software

This website does not appear to be attempting to install unwanted software.

Not a suspected phishing page

This site does not appear to be a forgery or imitation of another website.

No reports of phishing activity in the last 30 days

This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 30 days.

No reports of botnet activity in the last 90 days

This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 90 days.

No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 90 days

This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 90 days.

No reports of malware distribution in the last 90 days

This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 90 days.

No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days

This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days.

No reports of phishing activity in the last 90 days

This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 90 days.

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Vulnerability Management

Budget

Not vulnerable to CVE-2014-0160 (Heartbleed)

A bug in OpenSSL's implementation of the TLS heartbeat extension allows access to portions of memory on the targeted host e.g. cryptographic keys and passwords.

Not vulnerable to CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE)

The server does not support SSLv3, and is not vulnerable to the POODLE attack.

Not vulnerable to CVE-2015-0204 (FREAK)

The server does not offer RSA_EXPORT cipher suites, so clients are not vulnerable to the FREAK attack.

Not vulnerable to CVE-2015-4000 (Logjam)

The server is using strong Diffie-Hellman parameters and is not vulnerable to the Logjam attack.

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