Avoiding is impossible but in minimizing the consequences are possible,the time we are discuss on how to prevent them, scammers also think of the new tricks to come with good example Binance Hack the method used it was the first time to be done just we have to take care at every point in an Cryptocurrency.
I think the risk to be hacked if you do not have too much is almost zero. The whales and crypto exchanges are the main targets of these crypto hackers. As for the crime where drugs and weapons are involved together with the cryptocurrency, it really seems to become a problem. And this problem does not let many countries legalize crypto and accept Bitcoin.