--- title: Watch out for fake support calls in Microsoft Teams description: Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has identified a new attack campaign targeting Microsoft Teams users. The attack starts with a survey email containing a PDF... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/watch-out-for-fake-support-calls-in-microsoft-teams-dytpwjqgk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Watch out for fake support calls in Microsoft Teams | daily.dev og:description: Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has identified a new attack campaign targeting Microsoft Teams users. The attack starts with a survey email containing a PDF... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/watch-out-for-fake-support-calls-in-microsoft-teams-dytpwjqgk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dytpwJqGk.png og:image:alt: Watch out for fake support calls in Microsoft Teams og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Watch out for fake support calls in Microsoft Teams **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has identified a new attack campaign targeting Microsoft Teams users. The attack starts with a survey email containing a PDF attachment. After opening it, victims receive a fake Microsoft Support voice call. The caller tricks users into allowing installation of a remote access tool, which also installs EtherRAT — a Trojan granting attackers full control of the victim's machine, enabling theft of sensitive data and files. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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