Data destruction, credential thefts cited as growing concerns in cyber realm

NEW YORK CITY. Cyber thieves who destroy data as they exit systems and the unexplained theft of credentials rate among the most alarming trends cited by representatives of cybersecurity, manufacturing and financial companies, speaking at the Carbon Black “Connect” conference here.

Intruders are “lingering” within systems and then using data destruction as part of their “end game” in order to eliminate evidence – or, in some cases, to take “revenge” when security systems damage “their [own] attack infrastructure,” Tom Kellermann,...