Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com)

Deathlizard writes with a report at Engadget that when this year's "Forbes 30 Under 30" list came out , "it featured a prominent security researcher. Other researchers were pleased to see one of their own getting positive attention, and visited the site in droves to view the list. On arrival, like a growing number of websites, Forbes asked readers to turn off ad blockers in order to view the article. After doing so, visitors were immediately served with pop-under malware, primed to infect their computers, and likely silently steal passwords, personal data and banking information."

Comments

Forbes has the best ad-block sales force.

[turkeydance]

just like Obama is gun salesman of the decade.

Re:Yet Slashdot continuously links to Forbes

[ChunderDownunder]

Sorry, I'm not from the USA but what the phuck is a phorbes and why should I care?

even Rupert's paywalled rags don't get upvoted to the front page as regularly...

I don't run adblock and never had an issue

[gbcox]

Ads are a way for companies to get revenue on their content. That seems fair. If you don't want to agree to their terms, don't visit their website. Simple enough. If they are using ads however, they do have a responsibility to ensure there is no malware. Claiming you are running an ad-blocker to protect against malware however is a bit disingenuous.