File Type Detection
Prevent spoofed or disguised files with OPSWAT’s AI-enhanced File Type Detection. Ensure accurate, secure
classification beyond extensions and headers.
- Accurate Detection
- Spoofing Prevention
- Faster Triage
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Why File Type Detection Matters
Attackers disguise files to bypass defenses. Traditional verification misses these threats, leaving organizations exposed.
Spoofed File Types
Attackers disguise files to bypass defenses. Traditional verification misses these threats, leaving organizations exposed.
Missed Threats
Verification alone can miss hidden executables or embedded scripts, leaving security teams blind to dangerous payloads.
Inefficient Workflows
False positives and incomplete classification slow down scanning, overwhelm analysts, and increase operational costs.
How OPSWAT Stops File Spoofing
AI-enhanced detection analyzes structure and content to identify a file’s true type, closing gaps left by traditional verification.
Content-Aware Detection
Goes beyond extensions to inspect structure and bytes, ensuring accurate classification.
AI-Enhanced Accuracy
Machine learning reduces false positives and improves detection of edge-case files attackers often disguise.
Seamless Enforcement
Deploys inline at upload, email, or transfer points without slowing user workflows.
Core Benefits
True File Type Detection
Prevent spoofed, mislabeled, or embedded threats from slipping through by identifying a file’s true format—not just its extension.
Reduced False Positives
AI-enhanced accuracy minimizes unnecessary quarantines, improving efficiency for SOC teams and downstream security tools.
Compliance Support
Enforce policies with confidence, ensuring only approved file types enter regulated environments and meet audit requirements.
How File Type Detection Works
A multi-layered engine combines AI with proven parsing and signature checks to deliver precise true type results.
Smart Pre-Checks
Cross-checks extensions and MIME headers to quickly flag mismatches before deeper inspection.
Parser & Signature Analysis
Validates structure with format-aware parsers and byte-level signatures against known file types.AI-Enhanced Classification
Applies AI models optimized for text-based files to detect disguised or spoofed content with higher precision.
99%+ Accuracy
Detects Spoofed File
Types in Milliseconds
AI-Enhanced
Inline Enforcement
Without
Performance Loss
Coverage for
Uploads, Email,
Transfers, Storage
File Workflows
Technology Walkthrough
The first step in the file processing workflow to identify true file type of an uploaded file.
Allow users to detect file type mismatch, encrypted archive and enable text-based classification with OPSWAT Machine Learning model.
Detect file type spoofing with detailed file information including file type, category, MIME type.
Detects and analyzes files to reveal their true type, even when disguised by misleading extensions.
Display and extract metadata embedded in various uploaded files such as images, videos, audio files, MS Office documents, PDFs, and others.
File Type DetectionThe first step in the file processing workflow to identify true file type of an uploaded file.
- File Type Detection
Allow users to detect file type mismatch, encrypted archive and enable text-based classification with OPSWAT Machine Learning model.
- File Type Detection
Detect file type spoofing with detailed file information including file type, category, MIME type.
- File Type Detection
Detects and analyzes files to reveal their true type, even when disguised by misleading extensions.
- File Type Detection
Display and extract metadata embedded in various uploaded files such as images, videos, audio files, MS Office documents, PDFs, and others.
File Type Detection in Action
File type analysis is the critical first step in securing files, identifying true file types, detecting mismatches, and enforcing policies, so every
file is routed to the right security checks before entering the network.
OPSWAT Multi-layered File Protection vs.
Traditional Detection
| Capability | OPSWAT Multi-layered File Protection | Traditional Detection |
|---|---|---|
| Metascan™ Multiscanning | ||
| Deep CDR™ File Sanitization | Partial | |
| Proactive DLP™ Sensitive Data Detection and Redaction | ||
| Archive Extraction | ||
| File Type Detection | Recommended | Partial |
Recommended Resources
DatasheetMetaDefender Core Datasheet
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Accurate File Type Detection Powered by AI
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AI-Enhanced File Type Detection Model v3
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ISE CVE-2025-20282: The Case for File Validation in Defending Against Upload Vulnerabilities
