Ransomware epidemic during the pandemic. Cyber insurance and state actors. Cyberstalking. Don’t exaggerate election meddling. Reflections on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Ransomware becomes endemic in the healthcare sector. Cyber metaphors--we read a good one this morning. Does your cyber insurance indemnify you against state-sponsored attacks? More guilty pleas in the ex-eBayers’ cyberstalking case. US Cyber Command and others advise everyone not to see foreign election meddling where it isn’t. David Defour looks at the spookiest malware of 2020. Our guest is Travis Leblanc from Cooley on the European court Invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield. And what do we make of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month as it recedes into our collective rearview mirror? For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/211 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices