Blog: Delivery operations at Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune and other papers back on track after malware – Los Angeles Times

Clifford Neuman, director, USC’s Center for Computer Systems Security, said that Ryuk appears to have surfaced this summer. Unlike some ransomware, which spreads like a virus or worm, Ryuk “tends to trick an individual into downloading or clicking on a particular link, or visiting a web site,” Neuman said.