Stories this week about targeted attacks using 0days in iOS devices & a sophisticated phone scam targeting a security professional that ended with a $9,800 wire transfer underscore that malicious attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. We also cover a plugin vulnerability in the MapPress Maps plugin affecting over 80k WordPress sites, Google’s report that they’re seeing more than 18M daily malware & phishing emails. We also cover Frontity's funding & what this might mean for WordPress.