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rpdillontoday at 3:03 PM1 replyview on HN

Kill chain is a military term relating to the sequence of events that lead up to the actual attack.

You're probably thinking of kill ring, which I always thought was a neat term.


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wglbtoday at 6:32 PM

It's also used in security defense, where there is a search for how to stop the many steps of attack.