Real estate newsletter with articles (Photoscope, 2-pp., mailer)

SWE Dept Newsletter—Fall 2012—Issue 3Editors: Amal Aboaziza, Dr. Samia LoucifS W E D E P T A R T M E N T N E W SSWE Students Participation in National CompetitionsLast Spring, our studentstook part of two nationalcompetitions: 2012 IEEEMIU Competition and theMobile Application Contest(MAC). Mohamed Sobhi andHussein Al Bloushi under thesupervision of Dr. Adel, participatedin 2012 IEEE MIUCompetition with their workentitled Mobile Software Applicationfor Water Consumpti o n A w a r e n e s s(SAWACAE).In the MAC event, two teamsparticipated under the supervisionof Dr. Samia and Mr.Murad. The first team, composedof ALHOSN Universitymale students: MohamedSobhi, Mohamed Khaled,and Ahmed ElMugtaba, presentedtheir work entitled ‘M-GAD’. The second team,composed of Lama Daoudand Maryam AlKaabi, presentedtheir application ‘GoM-Bus Abu Dhabi’. Althoughthe students had less than amonth to prepare for the competition,they successfullysearched for ideas, presentedpapers and developed theirapplications. Even thoughtthe students put forth a modestparticipation, they not onlygained great experience participatingin such a grandevent on the National scale,but also learned more aboutmobile applications. The competitionprovided a valuableopportunity to meet studentsfrom other universities, inaddition to gaining awarenessof the current trends oftechnologies and research inthe context of mobile applications.Finally, the studentswere provided the chance toidentify their strengths andweaknesses, strengthen theircommunication skills and self-confidence through this experience.–Dr. SamiaSWE Dept Participatesin ALHOSNUniversity OPENDAYThe SWE Dept successfully participatedin what was a very excitingday to meet new prospectivestudents to introduce to them allthey need to know about our department.Gifts were given to our visitors andmany new students have enrolledin our Department this new semester.Good Luck to all!-AboazizaS W E R E L AT E D T O P I C SPhishing and the Trustof E-banking Business3Phishing is a relatively new Internet crimein comparison with other forms, e.g., virusand hacking. More and more phishingWeb pages have been found in recentyears in an accelerative way. Its impact isthe breach of information security throughthe compromise of confidential data, andthe victims may finally suffer losses ofmoney or other kinds. A phishing websiteis an attack that attempts to defraud peopleof their personal information includingcredit card number, bank account information,social security number in order to usethese details fraudulently against them.Phishing has a huge negative impact onorganizations’ revenues, customer relationships,marketing efforts and overall corporateimage.Phishing attacks can cost companies hundredsof thousands of dollars per attack infraud-related losses and personnel time.Even worse, costs associated with thedamage to brand image and consumerconfidence can run into the millions of dollars.Phishing websites can severely hurt Internetbusiness, because people lose theirtrust in Internet transactions for fear thatthey will become victims of fraud. For example,many people believe that usingonline banking increases the likelihood thatthey will become victims of phishing websitesand identity theft, even though onlinebanking provides more secure identity protectionthan paper mail based systems.The trust will be eroded gradually withouteffective countermeasures to deal withthe fraud, and everyone participating innetwork transactions will be harmed inthe end. Trust is one of the most importantdeterminants of successful e-banking. Many researchers have arguedthat trust is essential for understandinginterpersonal behavior and is relevant toe-banking.Falling victim to phishing websites couldsteal a customer’s proprietary informationsuch as their account information andpasswords, trade secrets or other intellectualassets. Theft of a customer’s confidentialinformation could have a disastrouseffect on the banks using electronictechnology and could damage the trustbetween them and their clients. Even indeveloped countries, many people areworried that their credit card details willbe misused or hacked into and are concernedabout online fraud, such as phishingwebsites that offer imaginary servicesor items.Dr. Maher Aburrous