keeping your data safe

With cyber-attacks increasing, it’s important to feel confident about what you can do to protect your personal information online. 

Here are some basic tips to keep your identity safe
 

• Update and backup your devices regularly.
• Set up a passkey if it's offered by the account or website you're logging in to. A passkey is the most secure way to access your online accounts and uses the security features on your phone. At HESTA, we’ve introduced passkeys as an extra layer of protection for your online account. Set up your HESTA passkey today.
• If you're logging in to an account or website that doesn't offer passkeys, be sure to set secure passwords or passphrases (a sequence of words) and don’t re-use these across other accounts or apps.
• If you're logging in with a password, turn on multi-factor authentication wherever possible.
• Don’t share your personal, super, banking or credit card information with anyone (such as your PIN or password).
• Report cybercrime to ReportCyber and scams to Scamwatch. If you’ve experienced identity theft, contact IDCARE.

To learn more about the basics of how to keep yourself secure, go to cyber.gov.au/learn-basics.

You can also check out Keeping your super safe for super security tips.

Beware of scams

Scammers may send you a fake email or SMS with harmful links or malicious attachments. Content like this is designed to compromise or damage your device or steal sensitive information.

This practice is known as phishing for emails and SMishing for text messages.

You can identify these by:

• misspellings or images and graphics that don’t look quite right
• an unfamiliar sender address or phone number
• suspicious attachments
• requests for your personal information
• a sense of urgency — scammers may try to test your better judgment by stating that something needs your immediate attention.

Always be cautious as phishing and SMishing scams can at times be hard to detect.  

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