M. Sc. Mehrdad Hajizadeh
M. Sc. Mehrdad Hajizadeh
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und DoktorandMitglied der Forschungsgruppe Network Security
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Mehrdad Hajizadeh holds a Master's degree in Information and Communication Systems from the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with a research focus on offensive cybersecurity and adversarial machine learning. His work adopts cutting-edge generative AI technologies, such as GANs and large language models (LLMs), to solve complex cybersecurity problems. Passionate about defending against cyber threats, he specializes in malware traffic analysis, Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA), Command & Control (C2), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and 5G/6G security. Mehrdad has established collaborative research partnerships with various industrial and academic institutions within Europe, including Dacoso GmbH, Rohde & Schwarz, TU Darmstadt, the Hasso Plattner Institute, Ravensbourne University London, Trinity College Dublin, and the University of Würzburg, and Czech Technical University in Prague.
- Leveraging Adversarial Machine Learning (AML) and red teaming techniques to assess and improve the robustness of machine learning-based network intrusion detection systems.
- Applying Large Language Models (LLMs) to detect sophisticated cyber threats in the Security Operation Center (SOC).
- Developing ML-driven approaches to detect malicious network activities such as command and control (C2) communications, suspicious DNS behavior, and data exfiltration attempts.
- Investigating attack vectors in the control and user planes of 5G networks to enhance security and mitigate emerging threats.
- SENDATE (Secure Networking for a Data Centre Cloud in Europe). European Celtic-Plus project funded from 2016 till 2019 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). Project status: Completed. Role: Research Assistant.
- AI-NET-PROTECT (Artificial Intelligence Networking Providing Resilient and Secure Networks to Critical Infrastructures). European Celtic-Plus project funded from 2021 to 2024 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). Project status: Completed. Role: Research Assistant.
- MNT-Pro (Mobile Network Protector). A cooperation project between ipoque GmbH and Chemnitz University of Technology funded from 2022 to 2025 by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Project status: Ongoing. Role: Research Assistant.
- RADARS (5G/6G Real-time Anomaly Detection and Response with Security-Baselining). A cooperation project between Dacoso GmbH and Chemnitz University of Technology was funded from 2024 to 2025 by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Project status: Ongoing. Role: Research Assistant.
- SUSTAINET (Sustainable Technologies for Advanced Resilient and Energy-Efficient Networks). European Celtic-Plus project funded from 2025 till 2027 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). Project status: Ongoing. Role: Research Assistant.
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| 1 | DeepRed: a deep learning-powered command and control framework for multi-stage red teaming against ML-based network intrusion detection systems
WOOT '25: Proceedings of the 19th USENIX Conference on Offensive Technologies, USENIX WOOT, August 11–12, 2025, Seattle, WA, USA, 2025, pp. 103 - 127 |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Golchin, Pegah Nowroozi, Ehsan Rigaki, Maria Valeros, Veronica García, Sebastian Conti, Mauro Bauschert, Thomas |
2025 |
| 2 | A Survey on Privacy and Security in Distributed Cloud Computing: Exploring Federated Learning and Beyond
In: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 6. 2025, S. 3710 - 3744 |
Rahdari, Ahmad Keshavarz, Elham Nowroozi, Ehsan Taheri, Rahim Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Mohammadreza Sinaei, Sima Bauschert, Thomas |
2025 |
| 3 | A Comprehensive 5G Dataset for Control and Data Plane Security and Resource Management
2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), 04-06 August 2025, Crete, Greece. - IEEE, 2025 |
Nugraha, Beny Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Niehoff, Tim Jnanashree, Abhishek Venkatesh Phan, Trung V. Triantafyllopoulou, Dionysia Krause, Oliver Mieth, Martin Moessner, Klaus Bauschert, Thomas |
2025 |
| 4 | Verifying the Robustness of Machine Learning based Intrusion Detection Against Adversarial Perturbation
IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, 02-04 September 2024 ,London, United Kingdom, 9-15. - IEEE, 2024 |
Nowroozi, Ehsan Taheri, Rahim Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Bauschert, Thomas |
2024 |
| 5 | 5G Security Landscape: Investigating Attack Vectors in 5G and Beyond Networks
5G Security Landscape: Investigating Attack Vectors in 5G and Beyond Networks. - Universität Würzburg, 2024. -KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on 6G Networks (WueWoWAS’24) |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Phan, Trung V. Nugraha, Beny Venkatesh Jnanashree, Abhishek Niehoff, Tim Krause, Oliver Mieth, Martin Bauschert, Thomas |
2024 |
| 6 | Practical Evaluation of Dynamic Service Function Chaining (SFC) for Softwarized Mobile Services in an SDN-based Cloud Network
NOMS 2024-2024 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium, May 6-10 May 2024, Seoul, South Korea. - IEEE, 2024 |
Kukkalli, Hanif Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Bauschert, Thomas |
2024 |
| 7 | FSA-IDS: A Flow-based Self-Active Intrusion Detection System
NOMS 2023-2023 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 08-12 May 2023, USA. - IEEE, 2023 |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Barua, Sudip Golchin, Pegah |
2023 |
| 8 | An Unsupervised Ensemble Learning Approach for Novelty-based Botnet Detectors
IEEE 19th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, USA, 08-11 January 2022, pp. 713-714. - IEEE, 2022 |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Jahromi, Milad Abbaszadeh Bauschert, Thomas |
2022 |
| 9 | Collaborative Cyber Attack Defense in SDN Networks using Blockchain Technology
2020 6th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), Ghent, pp. 487 - 492. - IEEE, 2020 |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Afraz, Nima Ruffini, Marco Bauschert, Thomas |
2020 |
| 10 | Destination-aware Adaptive Traffic Flow Rule Aggregation in Software-Defined Networks
2019 International Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys), Munich, Germany, 2019, pp. 1-6 |
Trung, Phan Van Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Tuan Khai, Nguyen Bauschert, Thomas |
2019 |
| 11 | A Novel Impact Analysis Approach for SDN-based Networks
IEEE NetSoft 2019 - 1st Workshop on Cyber-Security Threats, Trust and Privacy Management in Software-Defined and Virtualized Infrastructures (SecSoft), 24-28 June 2019, Paris, 10-18, 2019 |
Nugraha, Beny Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Phan, Trung Van Bauschert, Thomas |
2019 |
| 12 | Probability Analysis of Successful Cyber Attacks in SDN-based Networks
IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), Verona, 27-29 Nov. 2018. - IEEE |
Hajizadeh, Mehrdad Phan, Trung V. Bauschert, Thomas |
2018 |
