In your role as a cybersecurity analyst at a large e-commerce company, you have been tasked with reinforcing the firm’s defenses against potential Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. During a recent review, you noticed several IP addresses generating excessive traffic, causing an unusually high server load. Inspection of packets revealed that the TCP three-way handshake was never completed, leaving multiple connections in a SYN_RECEIVED state. The intent appears to be saturating server resources without completing connections. Which type of DoS attack is most likely being executed?
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