Once the fake app is launched, it asks the user to grant it access to the device’s administrative features – ostensibly to work as it should, but actually to be able to perform the following destructive and disruptive actions: Format the device’s SD card and, therefore, delete all content on it Block access to the WhatsApp Messenger, Facebook, Hangouts and the standard Android SMS applications by showing a graphic containing the Android logo equipped with the Guy Fawkes mask and a gun, and the message “Obey or Be Hacked.” “To further hamper the usage of mobile communication tools, the malware hides all notifications about new incoming SMS. At the same time, received messages are saved in the Inbox folder which is actually unavailable because access to the messenger is blocked,” the researchers explained.