Wubuntu (also known as "Windows Ubuntu"; formerly known as LinuxFX) is a BrazilianLinux distribution for PCs based on the Kubuntu distribution. The first version of the system was released in January 2007.[1] The distribution aims to imitate Microsoft Windows.[2]
Wubuntu comes bundled with software such as the OnlyOfficeoffice suite, web browsers, Kodi communications and multimedia software. The distribution also comes bundled with Wine, a compatibility layer for running Windows applications.[3]
It has also come under scrutiny for improper handling of customer data. Each instance of Wubuntu had contained hard-coded connection information to the central activation database hosted by the distribution maintainers' server. The connection was not routed through an API, but instead was a direct connection into the database. As a result, it was very trivial for an adversary to extract this login information, and use it to dump the entire database, which contained email addresses of people who have purchased a license key to the distribution, as well as the IP addresses of every Wubuntu machine connected to the internet that is able to "phone-home" to the activation server.[4]
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