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# Episode 4 of Don't Panic: Cyber Attack Attribution

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By [Chad Berndtson](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/cberndston/?ts=markdown "Posts by Chad Berndtson")  
Jun 25, 2015  
1 minutes  
[Cybersecurity](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/cybersecurity-2/?ts=markdown)  
[Interview](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/interview/?ts=markdown)  
[cybersecurity canon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity-canon/?ts=markdown)  
[Don't Panic](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/dont-panic/?ts=markdown)  
[Neal Stephenson](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/neal-stephenson/?ts=markdown)  
[Reamde](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/reamde/?ts=markdown)  
[Rick Howard](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/rick-howard/?ts=markdown)  
[Unit 42 Podcast](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/unit-42-podcast/?ts=markdown)

I[![unit 42 podcast](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unit-42-podcast-100x100.jpg)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unit-42-podcast.jpg?ts=markdown)n [this month's episode](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-panic-cyber-attack-attribution/id990249386?i=345163978&mt=2) of Unit 42's podcast, [Don't Panic](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/dont-panic/?ts=markdown), Rick Howard and Ryan Olson discuss cyber attack attribution, its many components and how it can be valuable to different organizations. The two also cover [Neal Stephenson's 2011 novel "Reamde,"](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/01/cybersecurity-canon-reamde/?ts=markdown) and how the author used the concept of cyber attack attribution to drive the plot in this [Cybersecurity Canon candidate](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/threat-research/cybercanon.html?ts=markdown).

### More from the Don't Panic podcast series

* [Episode 1 -- Cybersecurity Information Sharing](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-panic-cybersecurity-information/id990249386?i=340917118&mt=2)
* [Episode 2 -- Backdoored Cryptographic Systems](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-panic-backdoored-cryptographic/id990249386?i=340917119&mt=2)
* [Episode 3 -- Cybersecurity Canon 2015 Inductees](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-panic-cybersecurity-canon/id990249386?i=342163562&mt=2)

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[#### The Cybersecurity Canon - American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/01/cybersecurity-canon-american-kingpin-epic-hunt-criminal-mastermind-behind-silk-road/)

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[#### We're Down to the Last Two Contestants In the 2018 Cybersecurity Canon People's Choice Awards!](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/10/last-two-contestants-2018-cybersecurity-canon-peoples-choice-awards/)

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