{"id":30184,"date":"2026-02-02T17:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=30184"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:01:52","slug":"mfa-your-digital-deadbolt-2","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/mfa-your-digital-deadbolt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA: Your digital deadbolt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are juicy targets for cybercriminals, especially during peak study periods when stress is high and inboxes are overflowing. A single compromised password can unlock your student email, assignments and even your personal information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s good news: a few simple habits can slam the door on cybercriminals. Follow DTS\u2019s tips to keep your accounts locked down and your data safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our recommendations:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Multi-Factor Authentication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/protect-yourself\/securing-your-accounts\/multi-factor-authentication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MFA<\/a> Protects accounts with a second factor like a phone code, even if your password is stolen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose passphrases over passwords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/protect-yourself\/securing-your-accounts\/passphrases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passphrases<\/a> like \u201cPurpleKoalaPlaysGuitar3!\u201d instead of short, reused passwords.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Think Before you click:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hover over links and senders email addresses to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/threats\/types-threats\/phishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phishing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on staying cyber secure, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/learn-basics\/view-resources\/cyber-security-awareness-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australian Cyber Security Centre\u2019s (ACSC) guide<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-03\/personal-security-guide-first_steps-summary-checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal security checklist<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you think you&#8217;ve fallen for a scam and need assistance, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/report-and-recover\/recover-from\/scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACSC\u2019s how to recover from scams advice<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article has been brought to you by&nbsp;<strong>Digital &amp; Technology Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#MakeCurtinCyberSafe<\/strong>\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A single compromised password can unlock your student email, assignments and even your personal information. Learn how to keep your data safe with three easy steps. | Reading time: 1 min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":30185,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4930,8307,7635,4929,4928,4745","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[141,146],"class_list":["post-30184","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-online","oasis-categories-student-life"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MFA-1-1000x840.png","author_meta":{"first_name":"Nikita","last_name":"Osckar","display_name":"Nikita Osckar"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 06:58:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=30184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}