That secure Internet connection you count on may not be secure at all – London police makes arrests in a vicious hammer attack on sleeping tourists – John Kerry explains why the Mideast peace process is breaking down – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Millions of Internet users might have been left open to spying and eavesdropping, because of a bug in the software used by millions of web servers.  The vulnerability is called “Heartbleed”, and it’s a fault in the “OpenSSL” software that is supposed to protect sensitive data as it zooms through the Internet.  The monitoring firm Netcraft says half a million servers use are running a version of OpenSSL.  While the big companies such as Amazon are racing to fix the error, some privacy advocates are recommending that people who need strong anonymity or privacy on the Internet just stay away from it for a few days.

Oscar Pistorius is due back in court later after weeping during testimony on Tuesday.  He sobbed as he recounted finding the body of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on the toilet floor of his home, where he had just shot her several times through the door.  Pistorius says he mistook her for a burglar, but prosecutors say he murdered Reeva after an argument that witnesses testified they overheard.

London Met Police arrested four people for allegedly bludgeoning three female tourists with a hammer as they lay sleeping in a posh hotel.  Three man from Islington aged 56, 34 and 32 are detained on suspicion of attempted murder, and a 31-year old woman is suspected of handling stolen property.  The female tourists were from the United Arab Emirates, and slept with the door unlocked apparently to make it easier for other members of their large family group at the Cumberland Hotel to come and go.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is suggesting that Israel’s plans to build 700 new Jewish housing units in Palestinian East Jerusalem triggered the impasse in Mideast peace talks.  Kerry had hoped to reach a peace agreement by 29 April – now, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.  Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said his government will “never apologize for building in Jerusalem.”

The head of a US development agency denied reports that USAID built an Internet social network for Cuba, with the intention of using it to foment unrest and incite a “Cuban spring” against the ruling Castro government.  USAID administrator Rajiv Shah told a Senate committee that the blockbuster Associated Press story “makes for an interesting read, but it’s not true.”  One Senator told Shah that spending millions to launch the social network in Cuba had been a “cockamamie idea.”

Meanwhile, a US government contractor is on a hunger strike to protest his treatment in a Cuban prison.  Alan Gross went to Cuba to install some Internet equipment for Havana’s Jewish community, but was caught carrying highly specialized equipment previously associated with the CIA that masks satellite phone communications.  Gross claims he wasn’t trained by his USAID handlers, and blasted both governments for “mistruths, deceptions, and inaction”.  Alan Gross turns 65 next month.

Spain’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject an independence bid by the Catalonia region.  Separatists wanted to hold a referendum on 9 November, mostly because its economy is doing a lot better than the overall Spanish economy.  Catalan President Artur Mas says the issue is not dead, and he’ll still pursue ways to get an independence referendum on the ballot.

Voting has begun in Indonesia’s local and national parliamentary elections.  The polls will determine which parties can field candidates for the presidential election on 9 July, although observers believe that Joko Widodo of the opposition Democratic Party of Struggle will be elected as Indonesia's next president.

MH370 – Haven’t found it yet.

The fire department on the Hawaiian island of Kauai rescued 121 hikers who were stranded by the rising waters of an unexpectedly fast-moving rain swollen stream. The group included several children, including an 18-month old and a 12-year-old boy who was swept downstream but able to get onto nearby rocks.  23 people were rescued in the first attempt, but the rest had to wait in the wilderness area overnight until daylight allowed the choppers to fly again.