Staying safe is the most important thing in this crypto currency nowadays. Hardware wallets are the most essential and important to stay secure. Whenever you use hardware wallet you will have no chance of hacking this wallet. Sometimes it is heard that many people's wallets have been hacked. And they find it too risky to survive here later. That's why it's most important for all of us who work here and earn money to use a hardware wallet.
However, despite of acquiring those hardware wallets, we still not be confident enough that we are totally safe. We have to consider the vulnerability to the hacking issue that usually happens to many holders as they are targetting wallet address that contains a huge amount of Bitcoin. As suggested by most, we never keep our funds in a single wallet but rather spread them to different addresses. And most of all, must keep them private and skip those links/emails that we never know where they come from.
Well it's true that even if you have your funds stored in a hardware wallet, you can still be targeted by phishing scams and malwares that steal information from systems. So it is always important to stay vigilant and avoid clicking unnecessary links or opening spam emails sent from unknown users. I know that the scammers are also becoming smart day by day, but we need to take precautions from our side.
I've seen a lot of people becoming victims of phishing scams and they were not even newbies but those who have been in the industry for quite a long time, it's only because the scammers use different methods and sometimes you just fall in their trap.