Moses, a professional hacker, attempts to overwhelm the target victim computer by transmitting TCP connection requests faster than the computer can process them. He started sending multiple SYN packets of size between 800 and 900 bytes with spoofed source addresses and port numbers. The main intention of Moses behind this attack is to exhaust the server resources and saturate the network of the target organization. Identify the type of attack being performed by Moses?

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Moses is performing a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by sending multiple SYN packets to overwhelm the target's resources, which is a common method used to exhaust server resources and saturate networks.

Moses, a Professional Hacker, Attempts to Overwhelm the Target Victim