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The $2 Billion Cyber Disaster That Shook the Automotive World On September 2, 2025, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) suffered a automotive cyberattack that instantly froze production lines, shutdown the dealerships and paralyzed the luxury automaker’s global IT systems during the UK’s “New Plate Day”—one of the busiest times for the industry.

Modern users expect instant, reliable web experiences. When your application is slow, they don’t just complain — they leave. Even delays as small as 100 ms have been shown to have a measurable impact on revenue, conversions, bounce rate, engagement and more.

Cloudflare is relentless about building and running the world’s fastest network. We have been tracking and reporting on our network performance since 2021: you can see the latest update here. Building the fastest network requires work in many areas. We invest a lot of time in our hardware, to have efficient and fast machines. We invest in peering arrangements, to make sure we can talk to every part of the Internet with minimal delay.

A high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) has been disclosed in the VPN web server component of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software. An authenticated attacker (i.e. one possessing valid VPN credentials) can send specially crafted HTTP(S) requests that bypass input validation and lead to remote code execution as root. This means full device compromise is possible.

Welcome back. In our last blog post, we talked about the great divide between tech-focused and people-focused security. Now, let’s get nerdy and talk about the fascinating, complex, and occasionally infuriating operating system at the heart of the problem: the human brain. Ever wondered why that "Urgent Invoice" email from a brand-new supplier creates an immediate jolt of anxiety that makes you want to click? That’s not a logic failure; it’s a feature.

At Fal.Con 2025, I had the privilege of addressing over 8,000 cybersecurity professionals about something that’s on my mind – and should be on all of ours: how do we fundamentally reimagine security for the age of AI? We're living through the fourth industrial revolution. The first brought us steam power, the second electricity, and the third the digital age we all know and love.