Be on the lookout, people - there's a new Twitter worm called Twittercut tearing its way through the microblogging platform at an alarming rate. If you've seen some of the people you follow tweeting "OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from http://twittercut.com", they've got the Twittercut worm.

It's an incredibly simple concept. The Twittercut worm preys on Twitter users' desire to quickly increase their follower count, drawing users to a (very sketchy looking) website where they ask you (like almost all Twitter applications) for your Twitter username and...