Private Secure Log Permissions being changed by someone????

I have been having to repair the permissions on my ibook often. How do these get changed, by who, and what threat is it to me? How much control over my computer can one get????
Below is the repair I just had to make.
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
Group differs on ./private/etc/authorization, should be 80, group is 0
Owner and group corrected on ./private/etc/authorization
Permissions corrected on ./private/etc/authorization
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Mac OS X (10.4.9)

The permissions on the secure.log file are being changed by the weekly cron task, which is being run by Mac OS X itself as opposed to someone accessing the computer locally or over the network.
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Every time I repair permissions, there's one item that always needs its permissions repaired, the secure.log. I understand that its permissions are changed by some maintenance script, and the whole issue should be harmless. But what I don't understand is why doesn't that same maintenance script reinstate the original permissions after it has run. Or else, why doesn't Disk Utility just let them be?
We now have a situation where the secure.log has certain permissions. Some OSX-native software (maintenance script) changes them, and another OSX-native software (Disk Utility) thinks that's wrong and changes them back. The next time the maintenance script runs, it changes them again, which Disk Utility again thinks is wrong, and so on in a perpetual cycle. It seems pretty pointless to me. It also seems like an easy thing to "correct". It's not like it's a malfunctioning third party software involved.
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Every time I repair permissions, there's one item that always needs its permissions repaired, the secure.log. I understand that its permissions are changed by some maintenance script, and the whole issue should be harmless.
See toward the end of this User Tip for an explanation:
Spurious Permission errors in OS X 10.4.
The weekly maintenance script is ever so slightly more permissive in that it allows group read access. If you're at all worried you can change the script, but it really isn't worth it.
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I've noticed that every time I repair permissions the ./private/var/log/secure.log is corrected from -rw-r----- to -rw-------
I'm curious to know why this is happening - is it something I should be worried about?
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Secure.log always need permissions repaired?

If I ever have any permissions to repair on both my iMac and Macbook pro its always this:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
What is the secure.log and is there an action I can prevent this from re-occuring?
Any help would be appreciated.

What is the secure.log and is there an action I can prevent this from re-occuring?You won't always get this error, only after the weekly maintenance run. You can find details here: Spurious Permission errors in OS X 10.4

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