If you’re not familiar with the term, you should be. ‘Malvertising‘ refers to the increasingly common tactic whereby malicious persons include exploit code within what otherwise appears to be legitimate, web-based advertising.

Over on eWEEK, a recent post (Why ‘Malvertising’ Has Become a Pervasive Security Risk) explains why Malvertising is a real and growing threat.

Organizations that provide advertising platforms – including Google – need to deal with this threat quickly. If they don’t, there’s likely to be a surge in users installing ad-blocking software in their browsers. I personally use and recommend NoScript, a browser plugin that blocks all Javascript (and Malvertising) by default.