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releases.ubuntu.com

Category: Information Technology

Scanned: May 9, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC · First seen: May 9, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of releases.ubuntu.com Captured May 9, 2026
https://releases.ubuntu.com
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21 years (ubuntu.com)
Not Ranked - This website does not appear in the Tranco top list
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Canonical Group Limited
Boston, United States
Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
Unknown
91.189.91.107
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered May 29, 2004 (ubuntu.com)
Expires May 29, 2028
Name Servers ns1.canonical.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Canonical Group Limited
This is a subdomain of ubuntu.com. The WHOIS data above belongs to the parent domain, not to releases.ubuntu.com. The actual creation date of this subdomain is unknown and could be much more recent than the parent.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
54 files scanned
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releases.ubuntu.com/?c=d;o=a 10.4 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/?c=n;o=d 10.4 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/?c=s;o=a 10.4 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/# 20.8 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/?c=m;o=a 10.4 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/noble/# 15.1 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/# 10.4 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/questing/# 11.5 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/24.04.4/# 15.1 KB No threats
releases.ubuntu.com/focal/# 10.4 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
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External Links
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Iframes
Clean
12
Referenced Domains
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Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://atterer.org/jigdoNot flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-unity/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/Not flagged
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/Not flagged
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assets.ubuntu.comNot flagged
atterer.orgNot flagged
bugs.launchpad.netNot flagged
cdimage.ubuntu.comNot flagged
download.eclipse.orgNot flagged
help.ubuntu.comNot flagged
old-releases.ubuntu.comNot flagged
releases.ubuntu.comNot flagged
ubuntu.comNot flagged
wiki.ubuntu.comNot flagged
www.ubuntu.comNot flagged
zsync.moria.org.ukNot flagged
releases.ubuntu.com Overview

Description of releases.ubuntu.com

releases.ubuntu.com appears to be the official release distribution page for Ubuntu, a widely used Linux operating system. The page shown lists current Long Term Support (LTS), interim releases, and Extended Security Maintenance versions, indicating that its primary purpose is to help users locate Ubuntu installation images and related release resources.

Based on the domain structure, page title, and linked subdomains, this site appears to be operated within Ubuntu's official web infrastructure and associated with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. The content is informational and software-focused rather than commercial, and it also references related Ubuntu community distributions and image servers for downloading release media.

The site is categorized by multiple web-classification providers under information technology, computing, and software updates, which aligns with the visible content. It appears to function as a software release portal for operating system downloads, documentation links, and version lifecycle information.

Safety Assessment for releases.ubuntu.com

The available scan results are strongly consistent with a legitimate software distribution page. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 92 security engines flagged the domain, the malware scan reported 0 flagged files out of 54 scanned, and no flagged external links, referenced domains, or iframes were identified.

Blacklist and threat-database checks also appeared clean at the time of review, with no listings reported across the checked browsing-protection, phishing, malware, spam, or URL-abuse databases. The domain is also long-established, with an age of more than 21 years, which generally reduces the likelihood of opportunistic abuse compared with newly registered domains.

The visible page content matches the domain name and expected Ubuntu release-download purpose, and there are no obvious signs of phishing, scam storefront behavior, or deceptive branding in the screenshot. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid TLS certificate and an expiry date in 2026-06-25. It resolves to an IP hosted by Canonical Group Limited and uses an Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) web server. The nameservers are canonical-branded, which is consistent with first-party infrastructure for an Ubuntu-related service.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No immediate technical security issues were indicated by the provided scan data, and the external-link review did not identify flagged outbound references at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
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Tranco Rank
Not in Top 1M
Visitors Unknown
Category: Information Technology
Rank History (30 days)
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