JAKARTA - PT Pintu Kemana Saja (PINTU), a crypto asset investment platform that is officially listed in Indonesia, continues to encourage public awareness of cyber threats, especially the risk of downloading and installing Android Package Kit (APK) files outside of the official Google Play provider.
Head of Product Marketing PINTU Iskandar Mohammad revealed, "For Android users who want to invest and trade crypto assets, make sure to download the official PINTU application only on Google Play. The security of PINTU user accounts and assets is our top priority. Therefore, it is important for us to remind about the dangers lurking from the installation of unofficial Android applications (APK) that are widely circulated on the internet,"
The modus operandi of cyber fraud continues to evolve, data from Kaspersky in 2025 shows that threats to Android users in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 38% compared to the previous quarter. This increase in threats is partly due to the practice of installing APK files that use sideloading or third-party applications and not downloading on the official Google Play platform.
"This modus operandi of cyber crime based on APK files has serious negative impacts such as illegal access to personal data because in this APK malware has been embedded that has been designed to operate illegally to steal important data of users to assets in financial service applications owned. For this reason, in order to minimize and avoid cybercrime, the public can download the PINTU application on Google Play," said Iskandar.
Android users can immediately use the PINTU application available on Google Play. After the application is installed, users can start investing by completing the Know Your Customer (KYC) process according to applicable regulations.
"Other preventive measures that can be taken are that Android users can enable the built-in Play Protect feature to scan and detect malicious applications. In addition, always update the PINTU application to the latest version to increase protection, and make sure to change the password periodically and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to increase layered security," concluded Iskandar.
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