95% of user generated content is bogus

Web security firm Websense reports that 95% of user generated content (UGC) content is spam or malicious, which in the main are posted via botnetted PCs that the bad guys control.

They also reveal that 71% of sites that do contain malicious code are legitimate sites that have been compromised, highlighting the importance of keeping servers patched for the latest security updates.

More than half of malware directs to sites in the US.