PHDays 2 featured the "Pour It Up" contest, in which participants tried to hack an app, while having to take a shot of tequila every five minutes if the security system spotted them

Some other highlights included saving civilization by intercepting drones at the CTF competition, searching for vulnerabilities at the HackQuest, hacking into iOS and Windows XP, sharing best practices in cryptography, spyware, and other areas of cybersecurity. Among the star speakers were the legendary cryptographer Bruce Schneier, Datuk Mohd Noor Amin (head of IMPACT), and Alexander Peslyak (creator of the password cracking tool John the Ripper).