Unified Kill Chain

Unified Kill Chain (UKC) complements MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK).

18 Phases
Reconnaissance
Weaponization
Delivery
Social Engineering
Exploitation
Persistence
Defense Evasion
Command and Control
Pivoting
Discovery
Discovery
Privilege Escalation
Execution
Credential Access
Lateral Movement
Collection
Exfiltration
Impact
Objectives

The situation gets more severe as the current phase progresses.