Deep Tide TechFlow News, on August 21, Cointelegraph reported that the crypto security platform Kerberus announced the acquisition of the fraud protection browser extension Pocket Universe from its developer Refract for a seven-figure sum. Following the acquisition, Kerberus plans to integrate Pocket Universe with its security extension Sentinel3 and expand its protection to all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains and the Solana network.
Company CEO Alex Katz stated that they are working on developing the industry's first dedicated antivirus software for cryptocurrency to address the current biggest security threat - malware attacks.
Pocket Universe founders Justin Phu and Nishan Samarasinghe will exit operations but continue to support the Kerberus team. At the same time, Crypto Banter founder Ran Neuner will join as a strategic advisor.