Forbes.com blocks advertiser distributing malware

A small number of ads on Forbes.com were serving malware this month, reports Thomas Fox-Brewster of Forbes.

Fox-Brewster writes, “This publication was informed by security company FireEye on 17 September about the malvertising issue. The ads were said to be running from 8 to 15 September.

“‘The malicious creatives identified were isolated to a single advertiser and immediately suspended. Forbes has strict practices in place to protect against these kinds of incursions and will make any necessary changes to be sure such incidents do not occur again,’ read a FORBES Media statement.

“A blog post from FireEye claimed the Neutrino and Angler exploit kits, which seek to exploit flaws on website visitors’ PC and mobile software, were launched via just eight pages on Forbes.com, most of which contained old stories.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.