This weeks links: 2007-05-08

Climber killed in Mt Aspiring National Park
[stuff.co.nz Tuesday, 8 May 2007]
The brave actions of a friend have saved the life of a young climber who was one of three who fell on Mt Aspiring National Park last night, police say.
The fall took the life of one of the climbers, an American man aged in his twenties.
The three men were roped together when one slipped and they fell about 500m while descending a glacier towards the French Ridge Hut about 6pm yesterday, Constable Mike Johnston of Wanaka police said.
One climber was killed, while a second suffered serious leg and back injuries. …

It appeared the men were walking from the Bonar Glacier towards French Ridge Hut when they were cut off by large crevasses on the standard Quarterdeck walkway and deviated on to a steep, snow and ice-covered terrain late on Monday afternoon. [stuff.co.nz Wednesday, 9 May 2007]

Bonar Glacier, New Zealand [Google Maps]

GPS directions take driver off-road
[ABC News Tuesday, May 8, 2007]
A Melbourne woman was lost in Victoria’s south-west for more than two hours last night, after following her car’s GPS instructions down a rough dirt road.
Sergeant Wayne Oakes says the woman in her 20s was driving from Melbourne to the coastal town of Peterborough, but got lost in bushland just south of Cobden.
She called 000 at 7:30pm AEST to say she was lost and her car was stuck on the road.
Sergeant Oakes says it took police two-and-a-half hours to find her.
“She followed it and it wasn’t quite as accurate as she’d hoped and she ended up well and truly off the beaten track onto … literally a four-wheel drive only road,” he said.
“I think she’d still be better off sticking to a road map and I think she’s likely to learn how to use it a little bit better.”

Patch Tuesday, a Heads Up. (May-2007)

A *heads up* for this months Patch Tuesday offerings from Microsoft with at least 7 patches, highest severity being critical;

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification
Updated: May 3, 2007

On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:

Security Updates

• Two Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
• Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
• One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Exchange. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will not require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
• One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting CAPICOM and BizTalk. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will not require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

• Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Download Center.
  Note that this tool will NOT be distributed using Software Update Services (SUS).

Non-security High Priority updates on MU, WU, WSUS and SUS

• Microsoft will release 1 NON-SECURITY High-Priority Update for Windows on Windows Update (WU) and Software Update Services (SUS).
• Microsoft will release 6 NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

LINKS:
[1] Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification (2007-May-03) [MS]
[2] Announcement for next week’s Microsoft patches (2007-May-03) [SANS]