<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Security researchers from Cisco Talos have warned of a rise in phishing campaigns involving callback scams, where victims are prompted to call attackers on the phone.</li><li>Threat actors spoof major tech companies like Microsoft and Adobe, sending phishing emails with PDF attachments containing phone numbers controlled by the attackers.</li><li>The attackers manipulate victims into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware by posing as customer representatives during the phone calls.</li><li>These callback phishing campaigns exploit victims' trust in phone calls and use social engineering tactics to deceive them, with most phone numbers being VoIP to make tracing difficult.</li></ul>

Scammers are once again abusing PDFs to trick victims into calling fake support numbers

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