An investigation by PandaLabs has uncovered an application called Zunker- created by cyber-crooks to control zombie computers in botnets. In the case discovered by PandaLabs, it was being used to manage a network of tens of thousands of computers across 54 countries.

Botnets are networks of computers infected with bot-type malware (mainly worms or Trojans) that can operate autonomously and also receive commands through different channels (IRC, http...). These types of networks are used for financial gain by the creators.

The program discovered by PandaLabs also has a statistics section. This includes a series of graphs showing the performance of each bot along with the number of available zombies and their daily or monthly activity. According to Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs:

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