The Anti-Phishing WorkingGroup (APWG), a consortium of cybersecurity firms and Web businesses, is pushing a new initiative to streamline the process of permanently deleting fraud sites from the Web.
There's an interesting explanation of the origin of the term "phishing" at the Web site for the Anti-Phishing WorkingGroup and it seems to have nothing to do with hippies.
This year saw the widespread adoption of a tactic for hiding malware delivery sites known as "fast flux, " says Laura Mather, a researcher at the Anti-Phishing WorkingGroup committee and a senior scientist with digital brand protection firm MarkMonitor.