Kerberus acquires Pocket Universe to build crypto antivirus

Kerberus plans to build a dedicated antivirus for crypto to protect users from growing malware attacks following the Pocket Universe acquisition.

Cryptocurrency security platform Kerberus has acquired Pocket Universe, a popular fraud prevention and browser extension, to build a dedicated antivirus for crypto.

Kerberus Cyber Security has acquired Refract, the developer of Pocket Universe, in a seven-figure deal, the firm said in a statement to Cointelegraph on Thursday.

Following the acquisition, Kerberus plans to integrate Pocket Universe with its own security extension Sentinel3, expand protection to all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains and Solana, and develop a crypto antivirus.

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