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Security insights and product updates from the AttachmentScanner team
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.
2026-03-09
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2026-03-03
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2026-02-24
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2026-02-22
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2025-08-25
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2025-04-09
AttachmentScanner Team
AWS S3 Antivirus Protection
In this article we discuss installing our serverless antivirus for AWS S3 in just a few clicks.
2021-07-26
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2021-07-23
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2020-05-07
AttachmentScanner Team
Making your first scan
Making your first antivirus/malware scan in Attachment Scanner was designed to be quick and easy.
2020-04-14
AttachmentScanner Team
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.
2020-04-12
AttachmentScanner Team
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!
2020-04-08
AttachmentScanner Team