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ScanSafe Reports up to 80 Percent of Blogs Host ‘Offensive Content’

ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, today issued its latest monthly Global Threat Report. Among the report's key findings, up to 80 percent of blogs contain potentially offensive content, which can range from adult language to pornographic images, and about 6 percent of blogs host malware. The most requested blog-related site during the month was blogger.com.

The ScanSafe Global Threat Report is based on real-time analysis of more than 7 billion Web requests scanned and more than 12 million Web threats blocked by the company in March on behalf of its corporate customers. It is the largest analysis of Web security threats based on real-world traffic.