diff --git a/mistune.py b/mistune.py
index 50bc85f..c25596c 100644
--- a/mistune.py
+++ b/mistune.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 
 _key_pattern = re.compile(r'\s+')
+_nonalpha_pattern = re.compile(r'\W')
 _escape_pattern = re.compile(r'&(?!#?\w+;)')
 _newline_pattern = re.compile(r'\r\n|\r')
 _block_quote_leading_pattern = re.compile(r'^ *> ?', flags=re.M)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 _valid_end = r'(?!:/|[^\w\s@]*@)\b'
 _valid_attr = r'''"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^'">]'''
 _block_tag = r'(?!(?:%s)\b)\w+%s' % ('|'.join(_inline_tags), _valid_end)
+_scheme_blacklist = ('javascript', 'data', 'vbscript')
 
 
 def _pure_pattern(regex):
@@ -70,6 +72,19 @@ def escape(text, quote=False, smart_amp=True):
     return text
 
 
+def escape_link(url, **kwargs):
+    """Remove dangerous URL schemes like javascript: and escape afterwards."""
+    if ':' in url:
+        scheme, _ = url.split(':', 1)
+        scheme = _nonalpha_pattern.sub('', scheme)
+        # whitelist would be better but mistune's use case is too general
+        if scheme in _scheme_blacklist:
+            return ''
+    # escape &entities; to &entities;
+    kwargs['smart_amp'] = False
+    return escape(url, **kwargs)
+
+
 def preprocessing(text, tab=4):
     text = _newline_pattern.sub('\n', text)
     text = text.replace('\t', ' ' * tab)
@@ -838,8 +853,7 @@ def link(self, link, title, text):
         :param title: title content for `title` attribute.
         :param text: text content for description.
         """
-        if link.startswith('javascript:'):
-            link = ''
+        link = escape_link(link, quote=True)
         if not title:
             return '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (link, text)
         title = escape(title, quote=True)
@@ -852,8 +866,7 @@ def image(self, src, title, text):
         :param title: title text of the image.
         :param text: alt text of the image.
         """
-        if src.startswith('javascript:'):
-            src = ''
+        src = escape_link(src, quote=True)
         text = escape(text, quote=True)
         if title:
             title = escape(title, quote=True)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/normal/amps_and_angles_encoding.html b/tests/fixtures/normal/amps_and_angles_encoding.html
index 138f4d5..483f8ff 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/normal/amps_and_angles_encoding.html
+++ b/tests/fixtures/normal/amps_and_angles_encoding.html
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 <p>6 &gt; 5.</p>
 
-<p>Here's a <a href="http://example.com/?foo=1&bar=2">link</a> with an ampersand in the URL.</p>
+<p>Here's a <a href="http://example.com/?foo=1&amp;bar=2">link</a> with an ampersand in the URL.</p>
 
 <p>Here's a link with an amersand in the link text: <a href="http://att.com/" title="AT&amp;T">AT&amp;T</a>.</p>
 
-<p>Here's an inline <a href="/script?foo=1&bar=2">link</a>.</p>
+<p>Here's an inline <a href="/script?foo=1&amp;bar=2">link</a>.</p>
 
-<p>Here's an inline <a href="/script?foo=1&bar=2">link</a>.</p>
+<p>Here's an inline <a href="/script?foo=1&amp;bar=2">link</a>.</p>
diff --git a/tests/test_extra.py b/tests/test_extra.py
index 0198329..1685c24 100644
--- a/tests/test_extra.py
+++ b/tests/test_extra.py
@@ -18,10 +18,25 @@ def test_linebreak():
 
 
 def test_safe_links():
-    ret = mistune.markdown('javascript ![foo](<javascript:alert>) alert')
-    assert 'src=""' in ret
-    ret = mistune.markdown('javascript [foo](<javascript:alert>) alert')
-    assert 'href=""' in ret
+    attack_vectors = (
+        # "standard" javascript pseudo protocol
+        ('javascript:alert`1`', ''),
+        # javascript pseudo protocol with entities
+        ('javascript&colon;alert`1`', 'javascript&amp;colon;alert`1`'),
+        # javascript pseudo protocol with prefix (dangerous in Chrome)
+        ('\x1Ajavascript:alert`1`', ''),
+        # data-URI (dangerous in Firefox)
+        ('data:text/html,<script>alert`1`</script>', ''),
+        # vbscript-URI (dangerous in Internet Explorer)
+        ('vbscript:msgbox', ''),
+        # breaking out of the attribute
+        ('"<>', '&quot;&lt;&gt;'),
+    )
+    for vector, expected in attack_vectors:
+        # image
+        assert 'src="%s"' % expected in mistune.markdown('![atk](%s)' % vector)
+        # link
+        assert 'href="%s"' % expected in mistune.markdown('[atk](%s)' % vector)
 
 
 def test_skip_style():