Of course they will continue to get worse.  Hacking used to be the preferred pastime for disgruntled nerds who only wanted to see what they could get away with.  It is now the provenance of organized crime, and because it is international, it is extremely difficult to apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators.

As long as people pay ransom, quasi-legal businesses rent botnets to send out spam, and anti-malware vendors are turning a profit, the attacks will get ever more sophisticated -- and crippling.  Aside from the profit motive, cyberspace is an attractive battleground for those with a political agenda.

AI is a promising field for new tools to counter this threat; in the meantime, vigilance is key.  Keep patches up to date, don't share personal information freely, avoid emails from sources you don't know, and either back up your important files or store them with a reputable cloud service.