Spending totals are still in flux, and another group could overtake AFSCME in the race's remaining days.

WSJ: Public-Employees Union Is Now Campaign's Big Spender

Surviving many personnel changes and shifting public tastes, Trans-Global is once again responding to their world, which is, like the group, in a state of constant flux and realignment.

NPR: Trans-Global Underground: 'Impossible Broadcasting'

Though fast flux was originally developed by a Russian group of phishers in 2006, the tactic spread widely through the industry this past year.

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The cast of characters building to the punch line is in constant flux, but as it happens, this is the group gathered around a kitchen table on a quiet street in Bethesda, Maryland, one night this past spring.

WSJ: Jose Andres Wants to Feed the World (and you)

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 Working Group committee and a senior scientist with digital brand protection firm MarkMonitor.

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