Cyber warfare - a potential global threat

This research article focuses on the concept of cyber warfare becoming a potential global threat. Purpose: to cover the basics of hacking, ethical hacking, cyber warfare, types of threat, cyber-attacks and cyber counter-intelligence. The article explains how hacking is done and what are the requisites for ethical hacking. In 2020, what all cyber threats, we are subjected to and how to counter it. Methods: the research is based on the methods of analysis, synthesis and description. Results: the article describes how cyber warfare could be a medium of war in future and how different nations are using technology to gain power as well as defend themselves from multi-potential threats.