defirisk.co
rubric v1.7.0

Avg attacker reconnaissance time for peer-class protocols

PancakeSwap's assessment for RD-F-163 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

P2 analytical factor (class-average reconnaissance time). DEX-targeting attacks show variable reconnaissance periods. The BCE/USDT Mar 2025 attack appears to have been short-cycle (malicious contracts deployed for specific interaction, no documented extended reconnaissance). The 2021 DNS hijack was a direct attack. No USPD-style 78-day reconnaissance pattern reported for PancakeSwap core AMM in public sources.

Sources #

  • Internal
    PancakeSwap profile §10: known incidents (no documented extended reconnaissance period)PancakeSwap profile §10 incidentsretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Report the average number of days of attacker reconnaissance activity before a strike on peer-class protocols (lending/DEX/bridge/perps), sourced from the hack database.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol pancakeswap factor RD-F-163 score gray collected_at 2026-04-28 19:10:57