Canonical

Ubuntu and Canonical Web Services Hit by DDoS Attack

| | Canonical, Cyber threats and incidents, cyberattack, Ubuntu
What happened Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, experienced widespread service disruptions across its core web infrastructure on May 1, 2026, following a coordinated DDoS attack. The hacktivist group identifying ...
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Ubuntu Core 20 secures Linux for IoT

| | Canonical, Ubuntu
2nd February 2021: Canonical’s Ubuntu Core 20, a minimal, containerised version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for IoT devices and embedded systems, is now generally available. This major version bolsters device security with ...
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Ubuntu

Canonical Adds More Security to Ubuntu OS

| | Canonical, Focal Fossa, Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 20.04
Canonical delivered an update to its Ubuntu distribution of Linux that makes available a wide range of cybersecurity capabilities, including an open source virtual private network (VPN) tunnel dubbed WireGuard that provides ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arrives

| | Canonical, Ubuntu
April 23rd 2020: Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced the general availability of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with a particular emphasis on security and performance. “Accelerating open source globally is our mission ...
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