This Halloween week, Threatpost editors break down the scariest stories haunting the security space, including:

• A wave of ransomware attacks targeting a number of hospitals, sparking worries about healthcare security and the impact on patents during COVID-19
• "Zombie" vulnerabilities - including Zerologon and SMBGhost - that continued to haunt system admins this week
• Election security scares, from disinformation campaigns to cyberattacks hitting election infrastructure.