Microsoft today released four security updates to plug at least eight security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. The updates all earned Microsoft's most dire "critical" rating, meaning attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to break into Windows PCs with little or no help from users. The most important and urgent of these patches addresses five vulnerabilities in the Windows graphics device interface (GDI), a component of Windows that is used in rendering certain types of images. Hackers could exploit this flaw to compromise Windows PCs just by convincing users to visit a malicious or hacked Web site with Internet Explorer. Security experts are warning Windows users not to let any grass grow under their feet before applying this patch. The last time Microsoft issued a security update for GDI, cyber crooks were spotted exploiting the flaw within two days of the patch release. "If I was a ...
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