An Australian Credit Union has partnered with a security software company to focus on protecting their customers from malware that could steal passwords & allow unauthorized bank account access to cyber thieves.

Bananacoast Community Credit Union explained in a press release today.

"While we have many layers of security, the weak link in the chain is usually the home or business computer.

Often people don't even have the basics such as firewalls or anti virus software installed on their computer.

By offering TrustDefender to all our customers through our website - free of charge - we know that our customers will have the additional security of having their banking sessions quarantined while they transact," he added.

TrustDefender performs a security health check on the consumer's PC or mobile computing device during the click through period to the login page.

This security health check can identify any unknown crimeware that may exist on the consumer's machine which has not otherwise been identified by their firewall or antivirus software before the consumer logs into any online website and enters his / her password, security token keys and other ID protocol"

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Bankers should take notice of Bananacoast Community Credit Union forward thinking approach to cyber security.