The Security Mentor

Even the BBC picked up the story that blogs are dangerous.

Here are the questions you'd ask as a critical reader, and the answers.

How widespread is this problem supposed to be?
There are reported to be 200 blogs containing dangerous material.
That's out of how many blogs total?
Eight million.
How does that compare with other web sites?
Nobody really knows but judging from the number of spyware infections there are a lot of non-blog websites with malicious content.
Are we talking about new attacks or about delivery systems for old attacks?
Old attacks, such as trojan horses and attacks on Internet Explorer security bugs.
If I have my security straight, is there any extra risk to reading blogs?
No. Everything mentioned in the story is covered by the two rules of security, Don't Take Candy From Strangers and Run Firefox.
Who's the source for this story?
WebSense
What does WebSense do?
They sell "filtering" software to block people from going to pornographic or dangerous web sites.
You mean ... ?
Yes.