Forget the slick AI art and generated prose; the real AI-powered threat is turning your phone's notification tray into a digital scam feed. Meet Pushpaganda.
Scammers are stuffing Google Discover with AI-spun horror stories, luring clicks to nightmare notifications. It's called Pushpaganda, and it's raking in fraud cash from real devices—Google patched it, but the rot runs deeper.
Scammers didn't just steal cash last year—they vacuumed up a record $21 billion from Americans. FBI's latest tally exposes the ugly truth: we're losing the war, and AI is arming the enemy.
Cyber crooks raked in $17.7 billion last year, per the FBI. And AI? It's the new kid making scams slicker than ever.