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Not So Super Notes

Matthew Duggan

Matthew Duggan details copy of the slides for this talk are here: Not So Super Notes, How Well Does US Dollar Note Security Prevent Counterfeiting.

Summary

Architecture and Background

Copy of the slides for this talk are here: Not So Super Notes, How Well Does US Dollar Note Security Prevent Counterfeiting? Matthew Duggan Member of Technical Staff, VMware Inc.

Vulnerability Analysis

The security of US dollar notes is paramount for maintaining their value and safeguarding the US and dependent economies. Counterfeiting has historically been a crime of high sophistication, but has the prevalence of affordable color scanning and printing equipment changed that?

Exploitation and Demonstrations

This talk analyzes the security features of US dollars to determine the minimum sized organization that could successfully execute an attack. Matthew Duggan holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in computer science, and has been working as a software engineer for almost 10 years.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

He enjoys testing the limits of systems, especially in regards to security. When he is not reading about security or picking locks he brews beer and watches movies.

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