Greetings: CoreLabs, the research arm of Core Security Technologies is pleased to announce the public release of Core FORCE, a free software endpoint security solution. Core FORCE, a fully functional endpoint protection software for Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems, is released under the Apache 2.0 license and is available now at http://force.coresecurity.com. The release of Core FORCE 070.105 fixes several compatibility issues with AV software packages and includes changes to security configuration to allow its use in Windows environments that require users to logon to a Domain Controller. This is part of an ongoing beta program for CoreLab's collaborative endpoint security project. The project seeks to foster the creation of a collaborative community of security practitioners as a way to achieve highly effective endpoint security protection. We believe that collaborative endpoint security, understood as a cooperating group of users and not just software components, could go a long way towards achieving this goal if equipped with proper tools. Core FORCE offers state-of-the-art technology to protect you from today's most common and prevalent threats. Using Core FORCE you can: - Protect your computer from compromise by worms, viruses and email-borne malware; - Prevent your computer from being used as a staging point to amplify attacks and compromise others; - Prevent exploitation of known bugs in the operating system and applications running on your computer; - Prevent exploitation of unknown bugs (0-day) in the operating system and applications running on your computer; and, - Detect and prevent execution of adware, spyware, trojan horses and other malware on you computer. With Core FORCE, endpoint security can be enforced on a per application basis using Application Profiles that specify a program's network, file system and registry permissions with a significant level of granularity. All users of Core FORCE can create, peer-review and download Application Profiles from the Core FORCE Community site (Note: to submit profiles or join in discussions, users must first register). Application Profiles submitted to the Core FORCE community are required to use the Creative Commons license, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. The license guarantees that all users in the community will be able to use these profiles and create new ones based on any submissions. You are invited to join the program and send us your feedback, comments and flames at support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - The Core FORCE team @ CoreLabs *About CoreLabs* CoreLabs, the research center of Core Security Technologies located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is charged with anticipating the future needs and requirements for information security technologies. CoreLabs, which is led by Ariel Futoransky, prides itself on taking a holistic view of information security with a focus on developing solutions to the complex, real-world security problems that affect our customers today or will affect them tomorrow. The solutions developed by CoreLabs leverage the collaborative expertise of our world-class engineering and consulting teams. We conduct our research in several important areas of information security including vulnerability research, cyber attack planning and simulation, source code auditing, endpoint security, web application security and cryptography. *About Core Security Technologies* Core Security Technologies develops strategic solutions that help security-conscious organizations worldwide develop and maintain a proactive process for securing their networks. The company’s flagship product, CORE IMPACT, is the first automated penetration testing product for assessing specific information security threats to an organization. Penetration testing evaluates overall network security and identifies what resources are exposed. It enables organizations to determine if current security investments are detecting and preventing attacks. Core augments its leading technology solution with world-class security consulting services, including penetration testing, software security auditing and related training. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Core Security Technologies can be reached at 617-399-6980 or on the Web at http://www.coresecurity.com.