I read one of the best threads on dust attacks by fillippone. It is titled
Dust Attack, what it is, why it is dangerous and how to prevent falling to it. In addition to this thread, I think anyone who wants to more should go and read it.
To defend yourself from Dust Attacks, he detailed two steps which I agree with and will just copy and paste. They are:
How to defend yourself:
Two tips immediately come to mind:
- Keep the "KYC" and "anonymous" addresses absolutely separate, many wallets allow different UTXOs to be marked with different labels: use this option!
- If you really need to consolidate the addresses, before doing so, let them go through a coinjoin. However, having an anonymous set is not perfect, but at least you don't have an obvious link to your address.