WhiteHat Security researchers demonstrated how to leverage online advertising networks to distribute homegrown javascript to launch attacks relatively cheaply–for the cost of an ad.

Brendan Eich remade the web. Now he wants to change how online advertising works with a browser that decides which ads are best.

Malicious web advertisements can be used to build large, difficult to track and dirt-cheap botnets, researchers say. White Hat security researcher Matt Johansen demonstrated at Black Hat 2013 in ...

Popular JavaScript library starts showing ads in its terminal Developer comes up with a new method of funding open-source projects. Community reaction not entirely favorable.

A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working aroundApple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia ...

After last week a popular JavaScript library started showing full-blown ads in the npm command-line interface, npm, Inc., the company that runs the npm tool and website, has taken a stance and ...

The practice raises security, net neutrality issues as FCC mulls Internet reforms. Read the whole story ...

A frequent approach is to have your ad-loading script also insert a JavaScript variable or an HTML element that can be checked for.

In the last week or so I've noticed that javascript in the forums (i *think* ads from static.fmpub.net) make the site unbelievably slow. The only way to fix it on my machine (Mac 12" PowerBook) is ...