# How concerned are you about a cyber-attack, and what safeguards can you take against one?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-a-cyber-attack-and-what-safeguards-can-you-take-against-one/961508 "2022-03-22T14:47:22Z")
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### Author: ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-a-cyber-attack-and-what-safeguards-can-you-take-against-one/961508/15 "2022-03-23T13:01:45Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I’m not sure what you would specifically “do” to prepare for some nebulous “cyber attack” threat

It’s not “nebulous”, it’s quite real, and the least we can do – as we have been – is track what the Russians are up to. For instance …

> **[Russian 'Gamaredon' hackers use 8 new malware payloads in attacks](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-gamaredon-hackers-use-8-new-malware-payloads-in-attacks/)**
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> The Russia-linked hackers known as 'Gamaredon' (aka Armageddon or Shuckworm) were spotted deploying eight custom binaries in cyber-espionage operations against Ukrainian entities.

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