The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will enhance the threat posed by ransomware over the coming years, the UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned. A new report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is a part of GCHQ – said the technology is lowering the barrier of entry to novice cybercriminals. As a result, AI is enabling unskilled online actors to carry out more effective cyberattacks, the report says. The NCSC also warned that bad actors are using AI to better find and target victims, with its report concluding that the technology is already being used in what it called …