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CFTS is proud to sponsor the 2010 Polk County Video Awards. Polk County schools host one of the best film and television production programs in the nation, and CFTS is the lead sponsor for their version of the Oscar’s. Nearly every school in Polk County has submitted entries for this program, and tonight the winners will be announced. The program for Elementary Schools begins at 5:00pm, and the Middle/High School program at 7:00pm. If you live in Polk County, you can watch the Awards live on these networks:

• Brighthouse – Channel 622
• Verizon – Channel 20
• Comcast – Channel 5

If you’re outside Polk County, or on satellite, you can still watch the Awards live.

FINRA, the Financial Regulatory Authority, recently issued new guidelines concerning the use of Social Networking sites by securities firms and brokers. This new guideline, published in Regulatory Notice 10-06 covers aspects of how brokers can use Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites.

These guidelines impose additional record keeping requirements, and also clarify suitability, training, and monitoring requirements for online activities. If you’d like more information about how this can impact your firm’s activities, please contact Central Florida Technology Solutions at 863-226-4079.

Yesterday Adobe released an update to its popular Acrobat reader software addressing several critical vulnerabilities, include one that could allow attackers to execute programs of their own design and choosing on an individual’s computer. We consider this to be a serious threat.

Central Florida Technology Solutions strongly advises all of our clients to update their Adobe Acrobat reader software as soon as practical. Customers on a current support plan with Update Management were updated at 1am Wednesday morning as part of our managed update cycle.

If you would like assistance in updating your organizations computers, or would like more information Central Florida Technology Solutions service contracts that include patch and update management, please contact us.

A recent report released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation warns that highly targeted attacks are being leveled specifically at law firms, lawyers, and their associates. These attacks use legitimate looking emails, to entice unsuspecting users into clicking on links, or opening attachments; which may cause the users PC to disclose confidential information to an attacker.

“These attacks use plausible email subjects, making them difficult to filter without blocking legitimate emails,” said Bobby Kuzma, president of Lakeland, FL based Central Florida Technology Solutions. “The only defense is heightened user alertness.” Kuzma continued, “If you suspect that systems in your organization may have been compromised, please seek the assistance of a qualified Information Security specialist to assess the scope of the compromise, and to contain it.”

Specific indicators of compromise include attempts to access files located at the ueopen.com domain.