This invention relates to the field of communication technology and discloses a method and
system for detecting covert threats based on side-channel signals. The
system includes: an acquisition and
processing module that determines
signal fluctuation amplitude based on a network prediction
signal model and a first side-channel
signal, and determines the communication environment based on the relationship between the signal fluctuation amplitude and the second side-channel signal; a
delay analysis module that determines the
data transmission delay of the second side-channel signal based on communication timing information, and determines a
delay index value based on a standard
data transmission delay and the
data transmission delay; a time-
domain analysis module that determines the
frequency domain parameters of the second side-channel signal based on the
frequency domain amplitude spectrum, and fuses the time-domain and frequency-domain parameters; and a
threat detection module that compares a multi-dimensional
feature vector with a historical time-frequency
database, and determines whether to issue a
threat warning based on the
threat index value and the delay index value. This invention ensures the reliability of the communication
system's detection of covert threats by determining the data
transmission delay and time-frequency characteristics.