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by wkat4242 414 days ago
I think you mean a magic bullet instead of a smoking gun :)
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I meant "smoking gun" from a cyber security perspective, i.e. the conclusion or the final part of the investigation. "magic bullet" would also work here too though.
Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute. [1]

Even with your explanation I don't think it fits here.

[1] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/smoking_gun

You seem to have inferred the wrong meaning of "smoking gun" and that's why your usage above doesn't make sense.

There's no valid reason cyber security people would take a well known idiom and repurpose it as you imply, and a quick Google suggests they haven't done this.

Fish in a barrel!