<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/news_pages/rise_in_phishingandspamemails2025.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>06/09/2025</pubDate><title> Phishing Alert: Protect Your Information</title><description>Rise in Phishing and Spam Emails -- Protect Your Information
			Over the past few weeks, we've seen a significant increase in spam and phishing emails targeting both students and staff. These messages often falsely claim to offer financial aid or rewards but are intended to steal your personal and financial information. One common characteristic of these phishing attempts is that they frequently come from @gmail.com or other non-official domains.</description><author>Student Services</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/news/spamphisingalert.jpg" alt="spam alert"/></image><image_caption/><category>Columbia College News</category><tags><tag>Columbia College News</tag><tag>Phishing</tag><tag>spam</tag></tags></item>