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Security insights and product updates from the AttachmentScanner team

Header Small Image How to Scan File Uploads for Malware on Vercel

Scan File Uploads on Vercel

Vercel doesn't scan uploaded files for malware. Here's how to add scanning to your Next.js API routes or serverless functions before files reach storage.

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Header Small Image How to Scan File Uploads for Malware on Fly.io

Scan File Uploads on Fly.io

Fly.io doesn't scan uploaded files for malware. Adding scanning takes two secrets and a single API call.

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Header Small Image How to Scan File Uploads for Malware on Railway

Scan File Uploads on Railway

Railway doesn't scan uploaded files for malware. Adding scanning takes two environment variables and a single API call.

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Header Small Image How to Scan File Uploads for Viruses on Heroku

Scan File Uploads on Heroku

If your Heroku app accepts file uploads, those files aren't scanned for you. One command adds malware scanning via the AttachmentScanner addon.

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Changelog 2026-03-17

Scan Engine Upgrade — 25th March

We're rolling out an upgrade to our scan engine infrastructure on Tuesday 25th March 2026.

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Header Small Image How to Scan Files in DigitalOcean Spaces for Malware

Scan DigitalOcean Spaces for Malware

DigitalOcean Spaces gives you S3-compatible storage with a built-in CDN. Here's how to add malware scanning — from a single API call to an async pipeline.

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Header Small Image How to Scan Files in AWS S3 for Malware

Scan AWS S3 Files for Malware

Your S3 bucket accepts uploads from users. Are you scanning them? Here's how to add malware scanning to S3 — from a single API call to a fully automated pipeline.

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Header Small Image How to Pass a Penetration Test File Upload Check

Pass a Pen Test File Upload Check

Failed a pen test because your app accepted a malicious file upload? Here's how to fix it — and make sure it doesn't happen again.

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Header Small Image How to Scan User Uploads for Malware: The Complete Guide

Scanning User Uploads for Malware

If your app accepts file uploads, you need malware scanning. Here's how — from your first API call to a production async scanning pipeline.

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Header Small Image A Fresh New Look for AttachmentScanner

A Fresh New Look

We've been working on something we're excited to share: AttachmentScanner has a brand new look. Every page of the dashboard has been redesigned from the ground up with a cleaner, more modern interface that makes managing your scanners and reviewing scan results faster and easier.

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Changelog 2025-08-25

Platform Improvements

The API has been upgraded to improve processing and handling of request formatting, with enhanced security and performance improvements.

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Changelog 2025-04-09

40k Plan Added to Self-Serve Plans

We've added a new 40,000 scans per month plan for self-service purchase. While we have a full range of plans available, we've made the 40k tier self-serve to simplify ordering. Need something different? We're here to help with custom plan requirements - just contact us.

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Header Small Image Scanning an AWS S3 Bucket for Viruses, Malware & other Malicious Files

AWS S3 Antivirus Protection

In this article we discuss installing our serverless antivirus for AWS S3 in just a few clicks.

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Header Small Image Upgrading the API TLS minumum version to TLSv1.2

API TLS encryption version upgrade

At AttachmentScanner security is a core part of what we do. We have supported TLS versions 1.2 and 1.3 for some time now. However, we've never actually stopped older clients from connecting to the AttachmentScanner Antivirus Clusters. We beleive that moving forward, it's best to prevent connections using older protocols.

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Header Small Image What is the EICAR Test File? How to Test Your Antivirus Integration

What is the EICAR File?

The EICAR test file lets you verify your antivirus integration is working without uploading real malware. Here's what it is, how it works, and how to test with it.

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Header Small Image Making your first antivirus scan with AttachmentScanner

Making your first scan

Making your first antivirus/malware scan in Attachment Scanner was designed to be quick and easy.

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Header Small Image Our Status Page is Now Live

Our Status Page is Now Live

At AttachmentScanner we pride ourselves on the service we provide. We've placed a lot of effort into both the scalability and uptime of our API and scanning service.

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Header Small Image AttachmentScanner antivirus and malware API is going Live!

We're going Live!

We're pleased to announce that the AttachmentScanner antivirus and malware API is leaving beta and we're about to go live!

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