Intelligent and Interpretable Detection of Electromagnetic Leakage Sources Based on Active Feature Excitation
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摘要:
为解决多源头、多谐波、多干扰下电磁泄漏信号检测与泄漏源安全评估问题,提出一种融合主动激励与智能检测、具备较强解释能力的电磁泄漏源安全评估方案. 首先,建立"主动激发-特征智能识别"关联模型,将复杂的泄漏源检测问题转化为可量化的通信特征识别任务,通过软件程序主动调用设备接口构建具有调制特征的测试信号,以增强泄漏信号的可检测性与可解释性;进而,采用卷积神经网络(CNN)进行一级分类以滤除明显无关信号,并利用YOLOv5s模型进行二级分类,结合高分辨率时频联合特征呈现,实现目标信号的自动框选与提取. 实验结果表明:该方法适用于串口与显示线缆电磁泄漏等典型场景,基于协作模式的主动激发使识别准确率较被动检测提升6%;在正常条件、多背景信号及弱目标信号等不同场景下均能有效检测出目标信号,其中针对显示线缆主动激发的谐波信号检出率达到100%. 所提方法弥补了传统被动电磁泄漏检测泛化性差、检测效率低、可解释性不足的短板,可为电子设备电磁信息泄漏风险筛查和设备安全测评提供新的技术手段,为网络安全检测与防护的工程落地提供重要参考.
Abstract:To address the challenges of detecting electromagnetic leakage signals and assessing the security of leakage sources in the presence of multiple sources, harmonics, and interference, a highly interpretable security assessment scheme integrating active excitation and intelligent detection was proposed. First, an association model featuring active excitation and intelligent feature recognition was established to transform complex leakage source detection problems into quantifiable communication feature recognition tasks. Software programs actively called device interfaces to construct test signals with modulation features, thus enhancing the detectability and interpretability of leakage signals. Next, a convolutional neural network (CNN) was used for first-level classification to filter out clearly irrelevant signals, while the YOLOv5s model was employed for second-level classification in conjunction with high-resolution joint time-frequency feature representations to automatically select bounding boxes and extract target signals. The experimental results show that this method is suitable for typical scenarios such as electromagnetic leakage from serial ports and display cables. Active excitation based on a collaborative mode improves recognition accuracy by 6% compared with passive detection. The method effectively detects target signals in different scenarios, including normal conditions, the presence of multiple background signals, and weak target signals. In particular, the detection rate of harmonic signals generated by active excitation of display cables reaches 100%. The proposed method addresses the shortcomings of traditional passive electromagnetic leakage detection, such as poor generalization, low detection efficiency, and insufficient interpretability. This method provides a new technical approach to screening electronic devices for electromagnetic information leakage risks and evaluating device security, while also serving as an important reference for the practical implementation of cybersecurity detection and protection.
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Key words:
- electromagnetic leakage /
- active detection /
- intelligent recognition /
- harmonic signal
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表 1 电磁泄漏典型检测方法
Table 1. Typical electromagnetic leakage detection methods
表 2 一级分类网络参数
Table 2. First-level classification network parameters
层 输入通道数 输出通道数 卷积核 步长 Conv1 2 128 (1,8) (1,4) Conv2 128 64 (1,4) (1,2) Conv3 64 64 (1,4) (1,2) Conv4 64 32 (1,4) (1,2) Conv5 32 32 (2,3) (1,1) Fc1 1248 24 Fc2 24 6 表 3 信号数据集类型
Table 3. Signal dataset types
序号 泄漏信号名称 英文名称与缩写 1 RS232串口主动
激发泄漏信号Case1 intentional leakage
signal, C1_IL2 RS232串口
无意泄漏信号Case1 unintentional leakage
signal, C1_UL3 QPSK与方波耦合
调制信号Case2 intentional leakage
signal, C2_IL4 QPSK无线发射
调制信号Case2 unintentional leakage
signal, C2_UL5 VGA显示接口泄漏信号
(含VGA无意泄漏与
主动泄漏信号)Case3 unintentional leakage
and intentional leakage
signal, C3_ULIL6 未知信号/不明信号 7 背景噪声信号/
无明显信号Noise 表 4 目标谐波信号检测结果
Table 4. Target harmonic signal detection results
中心频率/
MHzTP/
次FP/
次FN/
次Precision /
%Recall /
%3.92 2 0 0 100 100 5.35 2 1 0 67 100 5.48 2 0 0 100 100 5.69 8 0 0 100 100 7.06 2 0 0 100 100 13.38 2 1 0 67 100 14.93 2 0 0 100 100 合计 20 2 0 91 100 -
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