This devious malware uses Bond-inspired driver to kill security suites — then proceeds to systematically encrypt your data and drops a $2 million ransom request

Ransomware attack on a computer.

Experts have identified a new ransomware variant that uses an outdated, vulnerable driver, to pose as an antivirus program, kill all real security programs on the computer, and then infect the device.

The researchers dubbed the variant Kasseika and believe it to be linked to an old malware variant that died years ago - BlackMatter.