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News / 3D Printing, Blender & MacOS - Dice
« Last post by kat on December 01, 2023, 09:01:43 AM »

"3D Printing with Blender on MacOS - Dice" https://www.katsbits.com/codex/3d-printing-blender-macos-dice/ taking a look at making a dice for 3D printing using Blender on MacOS. Examples available.
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News / MacOS & IMVU Toolkit for Blender 4.0+
« Last post by kat on November 28, 2023, 02:14:19 PM »

 "MacOS & IMVU Toolkit for Blender 4.0+" https://www.katsbits.com/codex/macos-imvu-toolkit-blender-4/ installing IMVU Toolkit to Blender 4.x+ on MacOS (P.S. working on getting more MacOS based tutorials out for Blender & IMVU).
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Blog / Re: SCAM WARNING - Bitcoin Sextortion & Blackmail Scams
« Last post by kat on November 28, 2023, 02:04:02 PM »
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Greetings!

I have got two not really pleasant news for you.
I have been monitoring your internet activities for some time by now.

The only person to blame in this situation is you, since you are a big fan of **** and also have got an uncontrollable desire to indulge yourself with another ****.
Simply speaking, all your **** websites search requests have become a key to access your device.
The thing is that I work in a company that provides services related to security and performance of email providers, including [scraped email address] as well.

During the pandemic outbreak a lot of providers have faced difficulties in maintaining a huge number of staff in their offices and so they have decided to use outsourcing instead.
While working remotely from home, I have got unlimited abilities to access the user databases.

I can easily decrypt passwords of users, access their chat history and online traffic with help of cookie-files.
I have decided to analyse users traffic related to **** and adult content.
I was truly shocked to discover that nearly 75% of users regularly access **** websites or participates in **** chats.

I have filtered out the worst **** from the list. Yeah, you are one of them. Not everyone chooses to watch such ****...
Basically, I have infected your device with one of the best Trojan viruses in the market. It was relatively easy, since I have access to your email address ( [scraped email address]).
It was sufficient to prepare one of your routine emails asking you to click the harmful link...

My spyware functions as a driver. Hence, I can fully control your device and have access to your microphone, camera, cursor and set of symbols.
Generally speaking, your device is some sort of my remote PC.
Since this spyware is driver-based, then I can constantly update its signatures, so that no antivirus can detect it.
While digging through your hard drive, I have saved your entire contact list, social media access, chat history and media files.

One week ago, I have montaged a videoclip, which shows you **** on one side of the screen and on the other side a **** video
that you were watching at that moment of time - recently this type of exotic stuff is really popular on the internet!
Don't worry, I will need just a few mouse clicks in order to share this video with your entire contact list and upload it to some **** website, like Bigle.
I believe that you would not like this to happen, since a long holiday season is just about to start soon -
just imagine the number of silly jokes and loud laughter that would get provoked by your video all over the neighbourhood bars and pubs...

I am offering a simple and reasonable solution:
All you need to do is transfer an amount equivalent to $1750 (USA Dollars) to my bitcoin wallet and we both forget about this silly story forever.
All your data and this video will be deleted by me once and for all. You have my honest word!
You've got to agree, this amount is really insignificant. Just imagine how much time and resources I have spent to get this done..
If you don't know how to operate the cryptocurrency - you can always search for assistance online. It is that simple.

Here is my bitcoin wallet (BTC): [bitcoin address]

You have exactly 2 days (48 hours) from the moment of opening this email.
I can easily track when you have opened this email (my software will notify me about it). Once you complete the transaction - I will be able to see and confirm that.
Please, do not try replying me via this email - there is no point in that (I have generated the header of this email as well as return address).

Remember that there is no point to complain anywhere, since I cannot be found (Bitcoin system is anonymous and I am also using I2P network in order to access your device).
I have considered all the small details.
In case, if 48 hours after you have opened this email,
I still don't receive the required amount of money, then your videoclip will be automatically sent to all your contact list and uploaded to public websites.

Good luck and please don't hate me too much!

This is life! You are merely out of luck this time.
Who knows, maybe next time you will get lucky at something else...
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Blog / Re: SCAM WARNING - Bitcoin Sextortion & Blackmail Scams
« Last post by kat on November 26, 2023, 01:29:48 PM »
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Hello, my perverted friend,

We've actually known each other for a while, at least I know you.
You can call me Big Brother or the All-Seeing Eye.
I'm a hacker who a few months ago gained access to your device, including your browser history and webcam.
I recorded some videos of you **** to highly controversial "adult" videos.
I doubt you'd want your family, coworkers, and your entire [scraped email] - (your password for this mail on moment of hack : [scraped password]) contact list to see footage of you ****, especially considering how **** your favorite "genre".
I will also publish these videos on **** sites, they will go viral and it will be physically impossible to remove them from the Internet.

How did I do this?
Because of your disregard for internet security, I easily managed to install a Trojan on your hard disk.
Thanks to this, I was able to access all the data on your device and control it remotely.
By infecting one device, I was able to gain access to all the other devices.

My spyware is embedded in the drivers and updates its signature every few hours, so no antivirus or firewall can ever detect it.
Now I want to offer a deal: a small amount of money in exchange for your former worry free life.

Transfer $1250 USD to my bitcoin wallet: [bitcoin address]

As soon as I receive confirmation of the payment, I will delete all the videos that compromise you, remove the virus from all your devices and you will never hear from me again.
It's a very small price for not destroying your reputation in the eyes of others, who think that you are a decent man, according to your messengers.
You can think of me as some sort of life coach who wants you to start appreciating what you have.

You have 48 hours. I will receive a notification as soon as you open this email, and from this moment, the countdown will begin.
If you've never dealt with cryptocurrency before, it's very easy. Simply type "cryptocurrency exchange" into a search engine, and then all set.

Here's what you shouldn't do:
- Don't reply to my email. It was sent from a temporary email account.
- Don't call the police.
 Remember, I have access to all your devices, and as soon as I notice such activity, it will automatically lead to the publishing of all the videos.
- Don't try to reinstall your system or reset your device. First of all, I already have the videos,  and secondly, as I said, I have remote access to all your devices, and once I notice such an attempt, you know what happens.
 
Remember, crypto addresses are anonymous, so you won't be able to track down my wallet.

So long story short, let's resolve this situation with a benefit for me and you.
I always keep my word unless someone tries to trick me.

Lastly, a little advice for the future. Start taking your online security more seriously.
Change your passwords regularly and set up multi-factor authentication on all your accounts.

Best wishes.
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Blog / "Trust me, I'm a professional artist!"
« Last post by kat on November 25, 2023, 02:29:07 PM »
If, during an unsolicited conversation with someone, they mention "I'm a professional artist", it can be said with absolute certainty, they're not.

The Internet is great.

The ubiquity of freely available or low cost tools for creating, is great.

Meeting, chatting, helping other artists/creators is great.

Being direct message spammed by self-proclaimed "professional artists", not so much.

These folks have a habit of drifting from community to community posting little of any substance, all in an effort to draw attention to their products and services. They don't contribute to the community, but they're more than happy to be part of it if only to sell their wares.

When asked for clarity on what they're doing they will often retort that they're a "professional artist". When pressed further they might link to a 'portfolio', typically just be a collection of images posted to Instagram or PasteBin collection, or a 'page' on ArtStation or other 'art' site, with gmail listed as a contact address.

This isn't a portfolio (no matter what might be said about it).

If you're earning money from your creative efforts, and consider that a 'profession', get your act together, spend a few bucks and sort out a dedicated website. Use a freebie service if you must. But at the very least treat what you're doing as a profession and not just a label you're (mis)applying to your undeclared, barely legal, side-hustle.

When you contact someone with the intent to chase commissions, don't engage in disingenuous small talk, claim you "want to be friends", just get to the point, post your derivative artwork, and then move on if there's no interest.
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Blog / Re: SCAM ALERT: Bug/Vulnerability Bounty Blackmail (Beg Bounty)
« Last post by kat on November 22, 2023, 11:16:53 AM »
Another bug bounty scam/scammer.

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Hey Team,

I'm a penetration tester and bug bounty hunter. I have discovered multiple vulnerabilities on your site. I've reported one of my findings so that you can review it, as well as fix this issue.

Please review the report below.

Vulnerability: Broken Authentication & Session Management
We have observed that when we change "password" from one browser in place of session expiration from another browser it just updates the password from another browser and the old session gets updated without being logged out. The flows goes like this:
Broken Authentication and Session Management > Failure to Invalidate Session > On Password Change
Steps:
1- Login from two browsers at a time [From Chrome browser and from Mozilla Firefox].
2- Change password in settings from chrome browser.
3- Now Check Mozilla Firefox.
4- Your Session got "updated" in place of expiration.

Same goes with when using two different computer systems.
1- Login from two computers at a time
2- Change password in settings from computer A.
3- Now Check computer B.
4- Your Session got "updated" in place of expiration.

Recommendations: If Session is Updating from one Browser/Computer so other should expire first to renew session after login.

If you require any additional information, please let me know. I'll be waiting to hear from your side regarding the report and bounty. I'll share my other findings as well, once I've heard back from you.

Regards,
[fake name]
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News / Install Blender 4.0+ on MacOS (MacBook Pro/Air etc.)
« Last post by kat on November 21, 2023, 01:43:06 PM »

"Install Blender 4.0+ on MacOS (MacBook Pro/Air etc.)" https://www.katsbits.com/codex/install-blender-4-macos/ a look at installing Blender 4.x+ on MacOS (MacBook/Air/Pro etc.). Includes tips on installing and keeping more than one version.
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News / Nowhere Minecraft Room Prep in Blender
« Last post by kat on November 20, 2023, 05:51:07 PM »

"Nowhere Minecraft Room Prep in Blender" https://www.katsbits.com/codex/nowhere-minecraft/ prepping a room in Blender for Nowhere metaverse (putting all the previous tutorials on making Nowhere content together).
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Blog / Re: SCAM WARNING - Bitcoin Sextortion & Blackmail Scams
« Last post by kat on November 11, 2023, 02:31:26 PM »
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Hi there!

Unfortunately, I need to start our conversation with bad news for you.
Around few months back I managed to get full access to all devices of yours, which are used by you on a daily basis to browse internet.
Afterwards, I could initiate monitoring and tracking of all your activities on the internet.

I am proud to share the sequence of how it happened:
In the past I bought from hackers the access to various email accounts (today, that is rather a simple thing to do online).
Clearly, it was not hard at all for me to log in to your email account ([scraped email address]).

A week after that, I had already managed to effortlessly install Trojan virus to Operating Systems of all devices that are currently in your use, and as result gained access to your email.
To be honest, that was not really difficult at all (because you were eagerly opening the links from your inbox emails).
I know, I am a genius. ~-~

With help of that software, I can gain access to all controllers in your devices (such as video camera, keyboard and microphone).
As result, I downloaded to my remote cloud servers all your personal data, photos and other information including web browsing history.
Likewise, I have complete access to all your social networks, messengers, chat history, emails, as well as contacts list.
My intelligent virus unceasingly refreshes its signatures (due to its driver-based nature), and hereby stays unnoticed by your antivirus software.

Herbey, I believe that now you finally start realizing how I could easily remain unnoticed all this while until this very letter...
While collecting information related to you, I had also unveiled that you are a true fan of **** sites.
You truly enjoy browsing through adult sites and watching **** vids, while playing your dirty solo games.
Bingo! I also recorded several filthy scenes with you in the main focus and montaged some dirty videos, which demonstrate your passionate **** and **** sessions.

In case you still don't believe me, all I need is just one-two mouse clicks to make all your unmasking videos become available to your friends, colleagues, and even relatives.
Well, if you still doubt me, I can easily make recorded videos of your **** become a public.
I truly believe that you surely would avoid that from happening, taking in consideration the type of the XXX videos you love watching, (you are clearly aware of what I mean) it will result in a huge disaster for you.

Well, there is still a way to settle this tricky situation in a peaceful manner:
You will need to transfer $950 USD to my account (refer to Bitcoin equivalent based on the exchange rate at the moment transfer), so once funds transfer is complete, I will straight away proceed with deleting all that dirty content from servers once and for all.

Afterwards, you can consider that we never met before. You have my honest word, that all the harmful software will also be deactivated and deleted from all your devices currently in use. Worry not, I keep my promises.
That is truly a win-win solution that comes at a relatively reduced cost, mostly knowing how much effort I spent on monitoring your profile and traffic for a considerably long time.
In event that you have no idea about means of buying and transferring bitcoins - don't hesitate to use any search engine for your assistance (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.).

My bitcoin wallet is as follows: [bitcoin address]
An important notice: I have specified my Bitcoin wallet with "-" symbols, hence once you carry out a transfer, please make sure that you key-in my bitcoin address without "-" to be sure that your funds successfully reach my wallet.
I have allocated 48 hours for you to do that, and the timer started right after you opened this very email (2 days to be exact).

Don't even think of doing anything of the following:
! Abstain from attempting to reply me (this email was created by me inside your inbox page and the return address was generated accordingly).
! Abstain from attempting to get in touch with police or any other security services. Moreover, don't even think of sharing this to you friends.
 Once I discover this (apparently, that is absolutely easy for me, taking in consideration that I have complete control over all systems you use) -  **** video will straight away be made public.
! Don't even think of attempting to find me - that is completely useless. Don't forget that all cryptocurrency transactions remain completely anonymous.
! Don't attempt reinstalling the OS on all your devices or getting rid of them. That won't lead you to success either,  because I have already saved all videos at my remote servers as a backup.

Things you should not be concerned about:
! That your funds transfer won't reach my wallet.
- Worry not, I can see everything, hence after you finish the transfer, I will get a notification right away  (trojan virus of mine uses a remote-control feature, which functions similarly to TeamViewer).
! That I will still distribute your videos although you make the funds transfer.
- My word, I have no intention or interest in continuing making your life troublesome.
 Anyway, If I truly wanted that, it would happen long time ago without me notifying you!

Everything can be settled in a peaceful and just way!
And lastly... make sure you don't get caught afterwards in such type of incidents anymore!
My fair advice - ensure you change all your passwords on a regular basis.
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News / 3D Printing & Blender - Dice
« Last post by kat on November 10, 2023, 01:14:37 PM »

"3D Printing & Blender - Dice" https://www.katsbits.com/codex/3d-printing-dice/ making a dice in Blender for 3D printing. Example files available.