Fraudsters Use Malvertising to Replace Legitimate Business Phone Numbers

Fraudsters are using advertising links in search results to replace legitimate phone numbers of business websites like Netflix and Microsoft with fake ones, according to cybersecurity researchers. This technique, known as "malvertising," deceives users into believing they are contacting legitimate services, when in fact they are being redirected to scammers. The impacts include compromising user security and loss of trust in legitimate businesses.