How to create an application category from a list of SHA-256 hashes [Kaspersky Security Center]

[Antipova Anna]

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1. Unpack the archive on any device that has access to the OpenAPI port of the Administration Server.
2. Create a text file with needed hashes, by default the script expects it to be hashes.txt in script's working directory.
3. On Windows, run  app_category_from_hashlist.exe in a terminal (cmd or powershell) with specified KSC username, password and other arguments, if needed
   On Linux/macOS, run

   chmod +x ./app_category_from_hashlist.py ./app_category_from_hashlist.py --username <user> --password <password> <other arguments>

4. If a category with the specified name already exists, the script overrides it, unless --append flag is set, then it keeps unique SHA256 hashes in the category.
   List of arguments:

   -h, --help            show this help message and exit  --internal            If set, the script tries to login with supplied credentials an internal KSC user  --append              Chooses to append or overwrite the hash list, if category with specified name already exists  --address [ADDRESS]   KSC server address, default is 127.0.0.1  --port [PORT]         KSC OpenAPI port, default port is 13299  --username [USERNAME]                        KSC user name  --password [PASSWORD]                        KSC user password  --hash_file [HASH_FILE]                        path to the file with hashes, hashes.txt in the working directory, the file should contain only the hashes and separators, which can be anything except digits and letters A through F, case insensitive  --category_name [CATEGORY_NAME]                        Name of the category to be created, default name is "New application category"